I am busy preparing for ShortStoryVille on Saturday, for the session I am chairing on reading short stories. Is there anything you would like me to ask our three panel members, Scott Pack, David Hebblethwaite and Clare Hey, all of whom are readers but not short story writers? I have quite a list of questions myself, but more are welcome, leave a comment here. A whole day of short stories is definitely keeping me going right now, I love nothing more than talking about them and spending time with other people who love nothing more than talking about them. I'm also reading later, together with some other wonderful local authors, and haven't decided yet what to read. I will leave that til the last minute. Something older, something new, perhaps something with a cat in it, but then there's the risk I will blubber, so perhaps not.
I will write about my time at Hawthornden soon, but here are a few pics as tasters until then:
3 comments:
What lovely pics. I assume your illustrious name will go on the door of Bronte too, soon?!
Question, although I expect a zillion others will be asking the same thing - ..."Do the panel approach reading a short story in the same way as they would a longer piece of fiction? If not, what is the difference in their reading process?"
Thanks, V - that's a good one. If we don't get to it, you could ask that yourself!
Charles May's recent post might be a good source of questions - about the popularity of short stories; about facts, science and short stories, etc.
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