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Below are resources Aurélie likes and recommends.

Books on Literary Craft

The Anatomy of Storyby John Truby
Story Geniusby Lisa Cron
Outlining Your Novelby K.M. Weiland

Online

Poets & Writers
UCLA Writers’ Program
Lighthouse Writers Workshop
Association of Writers and Writing Programs
UCLA Writers’ Program

Literary Magazines

The New Yorker
The Paris Review
Ploughshares
The Missouri Review
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And Also… (Read books in the genre you are interested in, analyze what works for you and what doesn’t in that book and why, think about the craft choices the author makes. Below are some of Aurélie’s favorite novels and story collections, in no particular order)

Novels

Demon Copperheadby Barbara Kingsolver
Bel Cantoby Ann Patchett
A Thousand Acresby John Truby
Horseby Geraldine Brooks
Wolf Hallby Hilary Mantel
Housekeepingby Marilynne Robinson
A Summons to Memphisby Peter Taylor
The English Patientby Michael Ondaatje
The Handmaid’s Taleby Margaret Atwood
Giovanni’s Roomby James Baldwin

Short Story Collections

Lost in the City:Stories, by Edward P. Jones
100 Years of the Best American Short Stories,Lorrie Moore, editor, Heidi Pitlor, co-editor

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Things have been really, really hard in Texas wher Things have been really, really hard in Texas where about 300 people are dead (officially dead or missing 5 days after the catastrophic floods with no one having heard from them) and my phone decided to remind me of this special moment with my @benningtonwritingseminars cohort 2 1/2 years ago and so, despite the excruciating heartbreak and the breath stopping pain, here we go. Not sure who took the picture, maybe Duck? #texasstrong
Budapest! A trip so good it raised existential que Budapest! A trip so good it raised existential questions. I love this pic because it is a great visual reminder that Hungary used to be in Eastern Europe... The tramway line, on the Pest side of the city, is right by the Danube River. In other words, it runs *between* the luxury hotels like Intercontinental and Marriott and the river, something unthinkable in Texas. 

The hotels on that stretch of Apáczai Csere János u. have beautiful patios where tourists and perhaps some locals can enjoy the views of the Buda side, the famous Danube and the nice weather. Having the trams come by, often close to full with passengers, is part of the charm. 

The city has an amazing, efficient network of tram lines, subway lines and bus lines. Walking or public transportation will usually get you where you want to go faster than going by car. In Texas, the billionaires would have found a way to ban trams, tear out the tracks and build towers of luxury condos so only rich people could enjoy the views, and definitely no mere mortal having to use public transportation. 

I loved the Buda Castle, and the National Hungarian Gallery, and the Hungarian State Opera. But most importantly, I loved wandering through the city, and felt more at home there than I've ever felt in Texas. (I ever met US expats living in northern Italy who gave me *very* quizzical looks when I told them I lived in Texas and they said: "and... you like it there?") 

Next European trips on my bucket list: discovering Barcelona and going back to Berlin. #travelingram #travelblog
Thank you so much @smupolice ! I'm really happy th Thank you so much @smupolice ! I'm really happy that you're doing this. I'll bring my donation box(es) to Hughes-Trigg this Thursday. @smulyleengineering #TexasStrong
Research I did for Novel #2, now almost completed Research I did for Novel #2, now almost completed (the novel set in Madrid at the end of the Spanish Civil War). #bookstagram #writerslife
I took this picture for an exercise in the Granta I took this picture for an exercise in the Granta Writers' Workshop with the wonderful Sarah Moss, part of a series of activities to make us pay closer attention to the world around us. 

The flame in the red candle is a little bit smaller than that in the white candle. Apparently, the wax makes a difference. Also, at the end, the white candle had quite a few bugs stuck in the wax (Texas in the summer evening...) while the red one had basically none, and Google/ChatGPT tell me bugs are less attracted to the red color than the white because of the light wavelength. 

Want to replicate the experiment? The candles are from the Snakes4hair online store and the rechargeable electric lighter is from the Bswalf store on Amazon.
Ended up re-doing the painting from scratch, becau Ended up re-doing the painting from scratch, because I didn’t want to ruin the previous part. Not my best work, but I love the colors anyway. I will post more bouquets and more book piles shortly. Also, there will be a book giveaway soon!

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