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Day #21 NaNoWriMo - NEVER LET ME GO by Kazuo Ishiguro

Day #21 NaNoWriMo - NEVER LET ME GO by Kazuo Ishiguro @ALRutter #KazuoIshiguro #NaNoWriMo #favebooks2019

By Amanda Rutter

The book that I have enjoyed the most during 2019 is not a 2019 release – in fact, it’s a novel I should have read much, much sooner than I did. It’s NEVER LET ME GO by Kazuo Ishiguro.

I was encouraged to read it as part of a list of modern prose classics, and picked it because it was the only one on that particular list that had a SFF quality. But inside its pages I found much…

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Conversations from the Chaise - The Agent's Reading Block

Conversations from the Chaise – The Agent’s Reading Block

By Amanda Rutter I read an article today by a well-known author regarding the drop in creativity that many writers are experiencing this year. You can find the article here. I think it’s important to articulate the fact that the creative environment has taken a hit this year, and that writers are not alone in this. Agents feel the block as well. In 2017, I’ve seen the terrible news spiral, which…

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