NPR’s All Things Considered has a piece tonight by Alex Cohen about how artists use Twitter, including me with my short story [The Variant](http://johnaugust.com/variant).
If you missed it, you can catch the clip [in the archives](http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105620633), or download it [here](http://public.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/atc/2009/06/20090618_atc_08.mp3?dl=1).
The “test screenings” I did with The Variant were hugely helpful, and led to some significant trim and changes, including the title and the very first sentence.
If you’d like to read that early feedback, I’ve unlocked the password protection so you can see their comments on [the first draft](http://johnaugust.com/variant/the-egyptian-variant) and the [revised version](http://johnaugust.com/variant/the-variant). (Obviously, both links are chock full of spoilers.)