Archive - The Querent

The Novel That Tells You How To Survive America

Some thoughts on Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower.

Jul 17 •

Some more thoughts on this ancient writing practice.

Jul 5 •

June 2024

The Secret Self In Fiction

A writing prompt inspired by E. M. Forster's Maurice

Jun 25 •

Activity Report

What I read and watched on and off the Internet the week of June 18th, 2024

Jun 18 •

On The Tarot And Writing

Tarot may or may not show you your future, but it can show you your blind spots. And you can use that in your writing.

Jun 15 •

Activity Report: The Novel You Write In Secret About A Secret

On the novels you write and hide and yet don't give up on, and my upcoming class on E. M. Forster's Maurice.

Jun 11 •

Writing Prompt: All This Could Be Different, by Sarah Thankam Mathews

Or, a new way to write a novel about a house

Jun 4 •

May 2024

Activity Report: A Midnight Q&A

Five Questions On Writing, Asked and Answered

May 24 •

I Want More Of You In Here: A Guide to Interiority In the Personal Essay and Memoir

What To Do When They Ask For More Of You

May 15 •

April 2024

Activity Report - E. M. Forster

On Maurice and "The Real E. M. Forster."

Apr 4 •

March 2024

American Letters - 1

Season 2 Begins With The Receipts

Mar 30 •

Letters From London - Letter 12 - Stonehenge

"Stonehenge was never discovered, it was always there."

Mar 18 •

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