As more of
a novelist than a short story or serial writer, I think it's great.
Not exact matches
John Cheever» the midcentury
novelist and author of more
than 150
short stories» was selfish, unstable, alcoholic, narcissistic, sexually compulsive, and a rotten father.
The idea was to reward reader engagement with longer works, rather
than pay
short story authors the same amount as
novelists.
You might argue that it's only fair that
novelists make more
than short story authors, and I wouldn't argue.
Amazon is making
novelists think they're going to come away the winner in this, but once the
shorts are disappearing because people don't want to earn less
than 15 cents for a
short story, I don't feel we will be.
There's nothing inherently unfair about
short -
story writers making more money
than novelists.
Alemani even invited
novelist Rick Moody to pen a
short story set on the island; and, in a nod to the site's history as a locale for hospitals and asylums in the 19th century, Israeli artist Uri Aran will remake an abandoned office into a fictional examination room with doctors, patients, and strange «procedures» broadcast live — a piece of performance that is sure to be less Treasure Island
than Shutter Island.
More
than 40 years ago,
short story writer and
novelist John Cheever said to his creative writing classes that he told
stories because it is easier to change the shape of the world
than it is to change one person's mind.