Tall tales and short ones
I seem to be downsizing these days. I used to write four-volume series, sometimes expanding them into 8 or 9. No more. Last year I started what I thought would be a YA book, and it stalled at about 1/4 the size it should be. Stories do insist on being their own length, as any writer will tell you. I put that one away, but eventually I realized that it stood on its own. I tried it on my fourteen-year-old grandson, who said it was a great story and kept him turning the pages: obviously he has inherited a fine taste in literature. I offered it to Robert Runte and Lorina Stephens at Five Rivers Publishing. Read all about it here.
Posted: November 19th, 2012 .
Comments
Comment from Vladislav Zarya
Time January 12, 2013 at 6:46 am
As your bibliography state, you have write also 3 short stories at different times. I had read only one of them (“Under Another Moon”) and it is good. Other two stories, “Boy at Heart” and “For Want of a Nail” are rather hard to acquire. Do you ever consider to e-publish some or all of them? I would as like to buy your stories of lesser volume as your novels, and I look forward already to read this new novella.
Comment from admin
Time January 24, 2013 at 1:58 pm
Belated reply: “Under Another Moon” wasn’t bad, but the other two short works you mention are consigned to well-deserved oblivion. I shall do nothing to encourage their remembrance.
But thanks for wanting them.
Dave
Comment from Dan
Time December 28, 2012 at 9:35 pm
Sounds like a great viking tale.