Among Amid While: SciFi Wire interview

29 October, 2005

There is an interview with me over at SciFiWire.

The out-takes are here at John Joseph Adams's blog.

Among Amid While said...: Nah, you can keep your eye on all the elements in a short story. A novel is so big they slide away from you and have to be tracked on spreadsheets and other nonsense. She says gloomily, about to dive into Little Peach again.; 30 October, 2005 15:41
Among Amid While said...: Yes, but it's easier to see the word that's wrong in a short story, because the structure is so simple. I agree that it's unforgiving, but it also gives you such a small arena to sin in that you can't go really wrong for really long. And it's easier to rewrite the whole thing as an experiment - you can do it in a day or two, rather than a month or two.

Short stories are like contract work - you can keep a cheerful eye on where you might be working next week. Novels are like waged work, where you can't imagine it ever ending.

*puts head on desk and sheds tear or two*; 31 October, 2005 06:08