advice for short story writers | advice for short story writers
Nov.26.2010
- All stories, I've heard, have one of two themes: 1) a stranger came to town; 2) someone sets out on a journey. That's it!
- Attend longish poetry reading and walk away recalling a single line, "Where is the suit with pockets where the white birds live?" That one stays with me, takes on...
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Oct.18.2010
I have two daughters, k1 and k2. K2 started middle school this year and has the usual anguish over what to wear (Hollister out? Abercrombie & Fitch still in? Levis supercool now?), how to fix her hair (side bangs? bobby pinned? flat or curling ironed?) She struggles with the ghastliness of...
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Feb.03.2010
It's all ups and downs, 2010, so far. Nice news is that my story, Mugs, has been accepted for the wonderful 100 Stories for Haiti charity anthology, alongside many writer friends and familiar names - Claudia Boers, Katy Darby, Lauri Kubuitsile, Sylvia Petter, Julia Bohanna, Dan Powell, Nuala Ni...
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