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Kelly Link
34 Transformative Prompts to Unlock Your Writing, Courtesy of Kelly Link
“The times when I’m happiest while writing are those times when I’ve invented a problem or a complication that needs solving.”
By
Kelly Link
| February 16, 2024
Kelly Link in Praise of Ursula K. Le Guin’s Genuine Magic
“It is striking how resonant Le Guin’s work remains even as the future she describes recedes into our past.”
By
Kelly Link
| January 31, 2023
Kelly Link: Why You Should Read This Classic Trilogy
On Robertson Davies's
Fifth Business
By
Kelly Link
| December 2, 2020
Kelly Link's Advice to Debut Authors: Writing is Terrible, Complaining About it Is Fine
From Her 2019 Speech at the One Story Debutante Ball
By
Kelly Link
| May 30, 2019
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