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Books that Matter.
Stories are our sacred superpower.
Writing is an instrument of alchemy.
To create is to cultivate hope.
Fiction is a powerful vehicle for positive change.
Reading is rebellion.
“[The Russians] seemed to regard fiction not as something decorative but as a vital moral-ethical tool. They changed you when you read them, made the world seem to be telling a different, more interesting story, a story in which you might play a meaningful part, and in which you had responsibilities.”
— George Saunders, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain
The books that impact us most hold the holy tension of a roller coaster.
Reading, your stomach drops, your body lifts from the seat . . . you are not quite sure where the edges are. You see more than you have ever seen and feel so much that you are both afraid and exhilarated.
But you also trust that you are completely safe. Because the architect knows the physics. The balance of velocity and height have been meticulously measured. Someone knows how much pressure will launch us into exhilaration, and what will snap the rails. We will not fly off into space and disintegrate. Someone else is in control.
To write at this level requires acute awareness of both the feeling and the shape that contains it. Careful observance. Disciplined discernment. You must fearlessly feel and dream large, then return to earth to tell it.
To write books that matter you must push what is possible and make it plausible.
And sometimes — you need a guide.
What You'll find here
Terra Elan McVoy's writing is, plainly speaking, wonderful."
The Compulsive Reader
McVoy has a way about her writing that shows she’s not afraid to go there."
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