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Daisy Jones and the Six

Newsletters

The opening pages

2 Chapters

The Fellowship of the Ring

Weekly newsletters

FOTR: the poem and prologue

FOTR: to chapter two refer don't explain

FOTR chapter three - on reluctance

FOTR to chapter five

FOTR: to chapter seven

FOTR: to chapter nine

FOTR to chapter eleven

FOTR to end of book one

FOTR to chapter three book two

FOTR to chapter five book two

FOTR: to chapter seven of book two

RWD end of chapter nine book two

RWD Fellowship to the end

Audio Lessons

Why is the pace slow at the start of Fellowship? Or — why is there so much stuff in Bilbo’s house?

Is the opening of Fellowship a reboot?

How Tolkien keeps the magic practical

What is Tom Bombadill’s role in the story?

What is the act structure of The Fellowship of the Ring?

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The Age of Innocence

Newsletters for The Age of Innocence

The Opening Page of The Age Of Innocence

Opening Chapters for The Age of Innocence

To chapter six of TAOI

To chapter twelve of TAOI

To book two of TAOI

To the end chapter twenty four TAOI

To chapter thirty three of TAOI

The End of The Age of Innocence

Audio Lessons

Why does Ellen love Newland?

How seriously are we supposed to take Newland’s view of his marriage?

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A Gentleman in Moscow

Newsletters

Opening pages of A Gentleman in Moscow

Open thread on the first two chapters

Opening Chapters of AGIM

AGIM to Archeologies

To Anonymity: on future flagging

To An Alliance: on exposition

To Addendum – on the POV of Stalin

“A Gentleman in Moscow” to Apostles

A Gentleman in Moscow to Anecdotes

A Gentleman in Moscow to the end

Video lessons

On the cumulative sentence in AGIM

Audio Lessons

Thoughts on the ending and the risks of hiding things from your reader.

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The Dark is Rising

Newsletters

The Dark is Rising – chapter one

RWD Dark is Rising first chapter part two

RWD The Dark is Rising – to The Walker on the Old Way

RWD The Dark is Rising to Betrayal

The Dark is Rising – to Coming of the Cold

The Dark is Rising, to the end

The Dark is Rising to the end part two

Audio Lessons

On the Englishness of The Dark is Rising

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Kidnapped

Newsletters

RWD: the opening of Kidnapped, by Robert Louis Stevenson

RWD the first eight chapters of Kidnapped

RWD chapters 8 to 16

Kidnapped to chapter 24

Kidnapped to the end

Audio Lessons

Audio lesson for RWD: Kidnapped

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Our previous novel: Daisy Darker

Newsletters

RWD Daisy Darker page one

RWD Daisy Darker to ten

Darker ten to twenty

Darker twenty to thirty

Darker to forty

Daisy Darker to the end: sequencing

Discussion

Open thread: The Style of Daisy Darker

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Our previous novel: Midnight at Malabar House

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RWD: “Midnight at Malabar House” chapter one

Midnight at Malabar House to chapter nine

RWD Midnight at Malabar House chapter seventeen

The Halfway-Point Pacing Jump

RWD Midnight at Malabar House to Chapter 25

RWD Midnight at Malabar House to the end

Zoom Recordings

Discussion of Midnight at Malabar House RWD - and limitations on a story

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Our previous novel: The Midnight Library

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Midnight Library the first page

The Midnight Library up to String Theory

The Midnight Library up to The Moving Shelves

The Midnight Library up to The Tree of Life part one

The Midnight Library Mid Point Twist

Midnight Library to the end

Zoom Recordings

RWD: Unreliable narrators

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Our previous novel Cherish Farrah

Newsletters

Open thread and short delay

Cherish Farrah Page One In Character Res

Cherish Farrah Chapter One Hiding Key Info

Cherish Farrah Chapters Two to Four The Clever Protagonist

Alternate read: Who’s Irish part one

Cherish Farrah chapters 4 – 8 good and bad mystery

Cherish Farrah chapters 9 – 11 push and look

Cherish Farrah the end

Cherish Farrah open thread on unreliable narrators

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Our previous novel: Jade City

Introductions and Resources

Intro to Jade City

Newsletters

Jade City newsletter one April 29 2022

Open Thread: the start of Jade City

Jade City letter two: little projects and third person mysteries

Open Thread 2: Jade City

Jade City newsletter three: chapters 4 – 11

Jade City newsletter: chapters 12 – 20

Jade City newsletter: chapters 21 to 31

Jade City Open Thread: the Death of [SPOILER ALERT]

Reading with Daniel: on fight scenes (Jade City Chapters Second Interlude to 40)

Reading with Daniel chapter 41 to 50 character deepening

Jade City newsletter: final chapters

Zoom recordings and audio files

Audio: does my novel need a plot?

Audio: do my characters need to be relatable?

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How this reading club works -- NEW SUBSCRIBERS READ THIS FIRST, PLEASE

A few comments on “mood”

Introduce yourself here!

Our Starting Schedule (April 2022)

A thought about content and content warnings

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A taster of what's to come: The Story of an Hour

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The “extra” language of The Story of an Hour

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2nd Taster: The Brazilian Cat

Foreshadowing from the first page

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Interludes

RWD interlude: one page from “Invisible Cities”

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