Adventures in short-story land.

[seanan_mcguire]

I am primarily a writer of novel-length works. I could offer a bunch of babble about how this is due to the scope of my artistic vision, but a) a lot of my friends are short story writers, and would slap me, and b) it'd be crap. I just have trouble thinking in blocks of less than twenty thousand words. That doesn't mean it doesn't happen, just

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[spectralbovine]

Whereas I can barely think enough for a short story. I cannot conceive of a novel-length idea! So many words!

[seanan_mcguire]

People have such differently wired brains. It's amazing. Also scary.

[ayoub]

If I was going to do justice to a story, then I can manage it in around 1100 words... But it would be a simple tale indeed.

I'm glad you're pleased! :D

[seanan_mcguire]

Thank you!

[scholarinexile]

See, my problem is essentially that I tend to produce novellas. 20,000 to 26,000 words is about my norm, and that's fiendishly difficult to market when you're not already known for writing something either longer or shorter.

But enough about me...congratulations! I hope they see print.

[seanan_mcguire]

True -- novellas are the hardest thing in the world to sell. Alas that our internal settings are so damn difficult to change.