Fired Up over Short Fiction

J. Timothy King — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 15:53:34 +0000

Camille LaGuire, the Daring Novelist, yesterday talked about her dare to publish short-fiction ebooks. She talks about novelettes that she had written, which no one wanted to publish because they were too long for magazines and too thin as hardcovers. But in today’s market, she can publish these as cheap, short ebooks. She also talks about writing more flash fiction, more novellas…

… give the reader plenty of chances to get to know my work in short form.

The key, though, is to work toward writing short fiction with the appeal of a novel. You’ve got to write stories not experiments or clever bits of nothing. Short fiction used to be all about stories, but then the short fiction markets became more literary, and for the longest time even in genre, experiment seemed to win out over story. Well, you know, sometimes writing an experiment is good for your skills, and I don’t rule out writing that kind of story once in a while, but the plan is not to do that any more than necessary.

Finally! An author who is of the same mind as I! (Or truthfully, yet another author. I get a little over-excited with each new one I discover.)

The Widow's Granddaughter

J. Timothy King — Mon, 18 May 2009 12:00:58 +0000

The revised version of “The Widow’s Granddaughter” is now available as a free downloadable eBook:

-TimK

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Fired Up over Short Fiction

The Widow's Granddaughter