![]() ![]() What happened, rather, is that I sat down to work on an idea, and the idea seemed punchier and more engaging as a short story than as the novel I had imagined it was going to become.īy the time I’d ended up with the finished short story, a few other short story ideas had sparked in my mind. I’m going to go against the collective wisdom of the publishing world and write a book of short stories that proves them all wrong!” I didn’t sit down one day thinking, “I know. Knowing this, you may wonder why I wrote my collection of ‘Bedtime Buddha’ stories, The Astral Traveler’s Handbook & Other Tales, published recently. ![]() Readers buy novels and non-fiction, went the received wisdom, and it was only a rare few authors who could generate much excitement from short form fiction. And how the best of the stories delivered a satisfying, unexpected twist at the end.ĭespite the attractions of short stories, I later came to discover that publishers avoid them because they don’t sell. How the dynamics moved forward with a particular intensity. ![]() I enjoyed the way that you were instantly immersed in a particular story or world. As a teenager I remember devouring the work of Somerset Maugham, who was considered a master of the genre. ![]()
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