Leigh Czysz
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That séance and the crack of lightning had me half thrilled and half spooked, in the best way; how did you balance the procedural bones of the mystery with the dream logic of fairy tales without letting one drown out the other?
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Susan Rowland
Well, it was hard work with multiple revisions, so thank you for suggesting I succeeded.
My real answer is that the procedural bones of a mystery and this fairy tale do seem to echo each other. Swan Lake has a sorcerer who preys on young women by turning them into swans. That certainly points a nefarious villain. Then how could such a powerful figure be stopped? That suggests a powerful motive for murder, doesn't it?
My real answer is that the procedural bones of a mystery and this fairy tale do seem to echo each other. Swan Lake has a sorcerer who preys on young women by turning them into swans. That certainly points a nefarious villain. Then how could such a powerful figure be stopped? That suggests a powerful motive for murder, doesn't it?
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