Episode 1: Tough Act

It's Steven J. McDermott coming to you from the Panic Room with the Winter of Different Directions podcast. This week's story is "Tough Act."



"I flinch and swerve as a snowball flattens on the door window, sticks like paint. I work the steering wheel, keep the car from sliding into the aluminum lamppost as another snowball hits the hood. Glancing back I see the kids out in the open, defiantly refusing to hide behind the shrubs . . . "

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In addition to the podcast, I've posted commentary on the story over in the Storyglossia litblog. In a feature I'm calling "The Story Behind the Story" I give you some history on where the story came from, why I wrote it, how it changed in its various revisions, as well as discuss—in true Storyglossia fashion—some of the craft issues I was working on in the story. So check it out after you listen to "Tough Act."

Next up, in episode 2, I'll be reading "Swept Aside."

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