{"id":635,"date":"2015-06-17T03:27:54","date_gmt":"2015-06-17T03:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/robertmangeot.com\/?p=635"},"modified":"2015-06-17T03:27:54","modified_gmt":"2015-06-17T03:27:54","slug":"caught-on-podcast-methodically-musing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertmangeot.com\/?p=635","title":{"rendered":"Caught on Podcast! Methodically Musing"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was my great honor last night to talk fiction with the wonderful Sherry Welton Wilds as she debuts her new show The Method and the Muse<\/a>. What a great (and short!) session, and I hope those who listen get value for their time.<\/p>\n

If I remember correctly, and this would be a new development, here’s some elaboration and errata:<\/p>\n

– Sherry mentioned “First Rodeo,” published not so long ago\u00a0at Kings River Life<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0I get more into the story and\u00a0character here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

– I read from an oldie but goodie “Dark Days for the Professor.”<\/a> I get more into the story here<\/a>. And here’s the bit about deleting all those early words<\/a>.<\/p>\n

– My bit about setting up a story as akin to dealing the cards was paraphrased from an Ann Patchett talk.\u00a0The image\u00a0nails how to open\u00a0directly or through foreshadowing\u00a0when storytelling.<\/p>\n

– I was asked about Poe’s Unity of Effect. It’s a thing, y’all<\/a>.<\/p>\n

– And remember, short stories get read in one sitting. They are Ending Delivery Systems,\u00a0with the various elements\u00a0building to deliver the Resonant Moment.<\/p>\n

– Yes, I am all about <\/a>Dashiell Hammett’s The Maltese Falcon<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It was my great honor last night to talk fiction with the wonderful Sherry Welton Wilds as she debuts her new show The Method and the Muse. What a great (and short!) session, and I hope those who listen get value for their time. If I remember correctly, and this would be a new development,… Continue reading Caught on Podcast! Methodically Musing<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[78,92,6],"tags":[3,5],"class_list":["post-635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appearances","category-short-stories","category-this-whole-writing-thing","tag-short-stories","tag-writing","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3CG0W-af","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":968,"url":"https:\/\/robertmangeot.com\/?p=968","url_meta":{"origin":635,"position":0},"title":"Derringer-ered!","author":"rtmcontrol","date":"April 13, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm incredibly proud\u00a0 that last year's\u00a0\"The Cumberland Package\"\u00a0(AHMM, May 2016) has been named a finalist for the Short Mystery Fiction Society's Derringer Awards.\u00a0 I mean, like busting-at-seams proud. 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