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A. L. Kaplan here. Hope you enjoyed my reading. There are more illustrations in the back of the book. (You got to see 2 of them during the reading.) Happy to answer any questions about Mark of the Goddess.

Anne Nydam also in the house. I'll just be over here reading a book until anyone wants to keep the conversation going. =)

Anne wrote: "Anne Nydam also in the house. I'll just be over here reading a book until anyone wants to keep the conversation going. =)"

Not exactly a question but, man, why did you have to hit me so hard with your first story (the siren one)???? So good, but wowza, it was a gut punch.

Question for all the authors, though I'm looking specifically at Anne when I ask this: Has your narrative voice / style always been the same since you started writing or is it something you had to find / develop and / or is it something that has shifted /changed over time?

Hey, Terri! Thanks, and I'm glad you enjoyed it, despite the punch. I would say that some threads of my style have been with me forever: the very lyrical, descriptive, not-at-all-Hemingwayesqe voice on the one hand, and the whimsical colloquial voice on the other hand. But what I have really leaned into in the past 5 years or so, as I've been writing short stories instead of long form, is that I get to experiment with a wide variety of voices and structures in addition. I've really enjoyed playing with that, and I think it's good for stretching and expanding me as a writer, too.