Read Ayn Rand’s The Art of Fiction yesterday. To say I’m disappointed is really a misnomer. I’m pissed off. If the book was just bad, without any deeper discussion about writing techniques, I’d be fine. To be fair, there are one or two useful things in there. But to spend almost two hundred pages to [...]
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The Art of Fiction
Posted in Fiction, Writing on 02/26/2011 | 3 Comments »
The Dreamer
Jacques Barcia is a weird fiction writer from Recife, Brazil. His short fiction is forthcoming or has appeared in Clarkesworld, Electric Velocipede and Everyday Weirdness. When he’s not writing, Jacques acts as the lead singer of Brazilian grindcore band Rabujos.Twitter
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