Advice for writers.
This month, I’m interviewing editors of short story collections – both in anthology and magazine format – about the process of selecting and publishing short stories. Those interviews will feature here shortly. In the meantime, I wanted to ask you about your writing process. In particular… when do you feel…
Last month, I shared a photo on my Facebook stream about the universe. It had stars and mountains and a lot of swearing in it. As soon as she saw it, my mother called. She was surprised I would swear on Facebook. Wasn’t I worried what other people would think?…
Okay, so for those who don’t know me, I’m not the fainting type. I have a sturdy constitution, I never throw up. I’m rarely sick. I have a high pain threshold too – I break bones and don’t know it; I needed no drugs to give birth to either of…
Welcome to the final part in my blog series on short story collections. I’ve been interviewing the following three authors of short story collections – one in the UK, one in the US and one in Australia – about what it’s like to publish a short story collection… US author:…
Welcome to the second part in my blog series on short story collections. I’ve been interviewing three authors of short story collections – one in the UK, one in the US and one in Australia – about what it’s like to publish a short story collection. US author: David D…
I have decided to ask three short story writers – one in the UK, one in the US and one in Australia – what it’s like to publish a short story collection. If you’re a short story writer, as I am, I’m sure you’d love to publish a collection of…
Okay, so I wasn’t expecting that result! This January, I asked a bunch of writers what their writing goals were for 2013. Was their focus going to be novels, short stories, non-fiction… what? I was interested to see what everyone was planning to achieve, so conducted a poll on my…
