Anu Kandikuppa

Connecting with Fictional Crowds Heart or head?

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Using third person plural for collective entities Not just Jack+Jill

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my novel's narrative style is a combination of Then We Came To The End, The Fall, and Outline--so there!

How (not?) to Write a Novel Thought I’d write on a yet-to-be-determined frequency about my effort on my novel, which has turned into as endless and obsessive an activity as the creature’s in The Burrow.

Started a substack for fun, see where it goes! Was going to do a blog to keep me accountable on my novel, but this is more of-the-moment
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Failing to finish the novel is not an option, is what I tell myself

Nice thing about dreams is no one saw or heard you

just titled a file "novel take 1000"😩

I think the problem I'm having with my novel is not that it's weird but that it's not weird enough

The more I read the clearer it is that you can write anything anyhow

going to finish my novel this year

Instant pick me up: Open Eye Signal (Jon Hopkins) George Fitzgerald remix

How I love it! And the original

Everyone should read Ted Chiang's stories

the problem with being taken by and wanting to write philosophical dialog-only stories like Donald Barthelme is, I am not Donald Barthelme (laughs hysterically)

All good showers must come to an end

I'm afraid the greatness that will justify my frequent nastiness will never come

A good writing day is one with a good writing idea

Diversity Quota - Center for Literary Publishing $17.95 Buy Book About the Book Author: Ranjan AdigaReviewed By: Anu KandikuppaGenre: FictionPublisher: University of Wisconsin PressPublished: 2024Pages: 164 Book ReviewThe characters in Ranjan Adiga’...

My review of Ranjan Adiga's Diversity Quota in Colorado Review: coloradoreview.colostate.edu/reviews/dive...

novels or short stories that use the third person plural pov (to represent a group of people/hive mind) if not exclusively, in part? I feel like they should exist--there are so many written in first person plural

Maybe if I stop referring to my writing as working on my s**t, my people would respect it more?

now I can say I could have won an nea grant

Plenty pizza but no idli dosa in Bengaluru airport😩

Super interested in how novels are organized—from zero chapters (or paragraphs!) to hyper-organized and labeled—and how that impacts reading experience. Any insights/references?

Too busy often means too busy for you

people are always rescheduling meetings with me because they're too busy😆🤔

Went to my first book club discussion of my book The Confines last night! Priceless to meet readers--and skimmers--of my stories and hear how they relate--or don't

Suzanne Berne and me last night, talking about my book The Confines, AI, and smells. 🙏@newtonvillebooks.bsky.social, Suzanne, & all who came. Such fun! My grown kids brought their friends & asked questions. Behind me is the children's books section we used to frequent. Couldn't ask for more

Thank you so much, @kelseysquire.bsky.social, for this awesome take on my story collection, and to @yourimpossiblevoice.com for posting the review! I am so grateful for your attention

Suzanne Berne Asks Us, Why Write a Novel, Why Read a Novel, and Why Now? To describe what it can be like to write a novel, I’ll offer a bit of my own experience: My first published novel, which began almost thirty years ago with a grudge. You would be amazed by how many…

Reminder: I'm talking about my recent collection, The Confines, with Suzanne Berne at Newtonville Books, 5/13 @ 7 PM. And because it deserves to be read, here's a link to Suzanne's excellent article about writing novels: lithub.com/suzanne-bern...

excited to read the first book I've ever requested for review