How did you hear about the Good News...? anthology?
Probably an email from Chris Fielden or Authors Publish.
How did you become interested in writing short stories?
Probably because I liked reading or listening to them. But not exclusively;
I read pretty eclectically anyway.
How did you interpret our theme?
Hm. I didn't, in so many words. Sometimes I do try to write a story
specifically to a prompt but I'm not terribly good at that. Mostly, a story I
seem to want to try writing happens, so I wrestle it onto pages. Then it kind of
hangs around. And if I come across a call for submissions with a prompt that I
think can 'be applied to' a story, I send it off.
Do you often enter writing competitions?
If I have a story that might suit. Although maybe I shall try to write 'to
prompts' more.(All these plurals are a bit misleading: I've had five short stories
published in English, and one in French on a now defunct website.
Do you have any advice for those who would like to write short stories?
The emails about publications
calling for submissions can be very useful because they tell you about the
market, and the kind of stories people will read; they are a precious
resource.
Do you write in other genres?
I used to. Non-fiction academic articles, a couple of abandoned novels. In
fact when I saw your mail's banner, I realised you are linked to - or maybe
are ? -The Red Telephone, who 'almost but didn't' accepted my YA
novel a bit ago!! Grrr!
Are you working on a project at the moment?
Not specifically. But I find there's always something simmering away
somewhere, and if anything takes it into its head to pop to the surface, I'll be
trying to pin it down.
Do you have any events planned?
No (I'm guessing possible medical intervention on a wibbly knee isn't what
you mean🙂...)
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