Comments on: Chromosome T http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/11418/chromosome-t-by-amy-scharmann.html Home of the magazine, the books, and the conference Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:07:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Jim http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/11418/chromosome-t-by-amy-scharmann.html#comment-12305 Jim Sat, 18 Aug 2012 17:45:09 +0000 http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/?p=11418#comment-12305 One of the great challenges in writing fiction is to surprise (I mean *really* surprise) your reader, especially if your reader possesses a seasoned and discerning taste. How an author manages to generate a genuine surprise in less than 1,000 words is almost beyond me, yet here you have it. I love this story, and look forward teaching it in my fiction workshop this semester. One of the great challenges in writing fiction is to surprise (I mean *really* surprise) your reader, especially if your reader possesses a seasoned and discerning taste.

How an author manages to generate a genuine surprise in less than 1,000 words is almost beyond me, yet here you have it. I love this story, and look forward teaching it in my fiction workshop this semester.

]]> By: Jenny http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/11418/chromosome-t-by-amy-scharmann.html#comment-5569 Jenny Fri, 09 Dec 2011 22:18:13 +0000 http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/?p=11418#comment-5569 "My lover had plucked me away from comfort, loaded me with sperm, blinked his eyelashes into mine, and calmly departed. I was left with a son who resembled this lover, and I had gone mad." Is it possible to fall in love with two lines and want to marry them (ironic, I know, considering the lines themselves) because I do. “My lover had plucked me away from comfort, loaded me with sperm, blinked his eyelashes into mine, and calmly departed. I was left with a son who resembled this lover, and I had gone mad.”

Is it possible to fall in love with two lines and want to marry them (ironic, I know, considering the lines themselves) because I do.

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