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As writers, we think and talk a lot about plot and characters, and how they form the structure of our stories. What’s common to this, and many other discussions, is the idea of change. There wouldn’t be a story without change, not even in the literary genre where, like Vladimir and Estragon waiting for Godot, characters might [...] Why on earth do we write fiction? Why do we read it? One of my husband’s favourite “writer” stories concerns a Southern writer with a very Southern mother, whom he called up to tell her that his novel was being published. After a pause, the mother asked, a little desperately, “But do they KNOW it’s a LIE?” [...] No one can tell you when to start a short story. People can give you all kinds of advice about how to write one, but only you can decide when you are prepared to start. This is something I deal with all the time. I’ll have a window of opportunity where I can work on a short [...] “I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail.” I haven’t the foggiest idea if Abraham Maslow had much experience with the arts, but certainly his observation works for more than therapists and their menu of interventions. (Maslow being a psychologist of [...] In the SU tradition for Halloween’s month, here’s a story I wrote a while ago, originally published in the Barnes and Nobles anthology, Horrors! 365 Scary Stories in October, 1998 **** They ate quickly, swallowing chunks of meat and vegetables, draining glass after glass of wine. They finished his bottle and two she kept in a rack [...] A couple of months ago, I riffed on a Locus interviewee’s comments about writing, and this month, well, I’m going back to the well but this time it’s john Crowley and, well, it’s john Crowley… In the January 2010 issue of Locus, John Crowley talked about writing and how he teaches, and said the following: “When I [...] |
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