Category Archives: mystery

Where to Go When You Don’t Know Where to Go

Posted on 27. May 2014 by Nancy Pinard

You don’t know what happens next. You believe you need to know. Not knowing makes you feel out of control, and you’re the author, after all. If you don’t know, who will? That’s another question you can’t answer. You stop … Continue reading →

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That Mysterious Natural Image

Posted on 16. May 2012 by Nancy Pinard

After writing clinically about mystery in my last post, I got thinking about how it enters the text.  First, I checked Dictionary.com and came up with these two appropriate definitions: anything that is kept secret or remains unexplained or unknown: … Continue reading →

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Ambiguity, Complexity, and Mystery

Posted on 13. May 2012 by Nancy Pinard

I just returned from two days spent at the Ohio University Literary Festival, where lectures were delivered by writers Amy Hempel (if you don’t know her story, “In the Cemetery Where Al Jolson is Buried,” read it without passing Go), … Continue reading →

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