A Lonely Impulse of Delight
Connor Wroe SouthardHow stories work, analysis of books and craft, plus Calvin and Hobbes and other fun arts and culture things
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Blurry imitation: On the Commonwealth Prize kerfuffle
My new short story is up at Typebar, a publication which you should read, pitch, and consider supporting with a subscription.
The top-tier literary journal Granta and the prestigious Commonwealth Prize for Short Fiction are caught up in a...
Becoming good enough is the hardest part
My novel is now on submission. We’ll see how this goes. While I do believe in the book, trying to sell a novel in 2026 is like trying to hike barefoot on scree. You might be able to pull it off, but it’s not going to be easy.
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The Unmapping by Denise S. Robbins: Review and Interview
We’ve reached a milestone for this newsletter: My first author interview. Denise S. Robbins, author of The Unmapping and proprietor of the Noticements newsletter, was kind enough to answer some questions about her debut novel and her arc as...
Some theses on the limitations of AI writing
My excuse for writing too much about the machines lately is that I’m in the final stages of revising a novel. I plan to put out a combined review and author interview soon with a writer whose debut I just read and enjoyed, and there are oth...
Elon Musk and the war on writers
Elon Musk probably isn’t all that popular among readers of this newsletter. I would nonetheless give him his due for trying to employ fiction writers—we always need honest work!—if he were going about it in a reasonable way. Unfortunately f...
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