Monthly Archives: November 2009

Couldn’t help but notice that several short-story collections made The New York Times’ 100 notable books of 2009. And yet… we always hear that publishers aren’t interested in short-story collections. And yet… short-story collections somehow keep getting published. Here’s Antonya … Continue reading →

PANK just announced the final lineup for its next issue, due out in January. And wow. I mean wow. It’s quite an impressive list of folks. Check out all the lovely and talented contributors here. My contribution is a story … Continue reading →

“What else? I can tell you that I never begin working on a story until I have a title centered at the top of the first page. I think of the title as the target toward which I shoot the … Continue reading →

Pretty interesting article from the Wall Street Journal. The title (“How to Write a Great Novel”) is somewhat misleading. It’s really a look at how some writers — Nicholson Baker, Junot Diaz, Dan Chaon and several others — go about … Continue reading →