Two quick notes

[hedda62]

New post up at my author page - Something Alarmingly Plausible, No Doubt: Writing the Past - about how I approach my version of historical fiction. I'm just going to do one more "update" post, tomorrow or the day after, and then leave the blog alone until I get back from Italy.

And OH WOW fantastic episode of POI last night, perfectly grim and poignant and intimate and funny and laying the foundation for who knows what. I loved it all, and all of them in it, but number one was Fusco's glee-face. Friendly acts of revenge: better than falafel.

Comments

[felis]

and intimate

Yes, that's what I thought as well! The amount of knowledge these characters have of each other by now, their history with each other, came through in almost every scene they had last night, and it felt very natural and just worked for me. So happy to see Harold and Shaw working together again for example, they really found their footing with each other, and I love that he considers her a friend now. And the level of casual intimacy between Finch and Reese, despite their differences!
And then the pacing was right, and the balance of dark/funny/touching/..., and the whole thread of meaning and how and where to (not) find it, and for what -- all good. Really liked this one.

[legionseagle]

As I've said in my blog, I really loved that essay and it's sparked all sorts of ideas about how truth and accuracy interact in historical fiction writing.