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Short-story Writing Requires An Exquisite Sense Of Balance. Novelists, Frankly, Can Get Away With More. A Novel Can Have A Dull Spot Or Two, Because The Reader Has Made A Different Commitment.

I Write Sets Of Books, But I've Also Written A Lot Of Orphans.

I'm One Of Those Writers Who, When Writing, Believes She's God-and That She Hasn't Bestowed Free Will On Any Of Her Characters. In That Sense There Are No Surprises In Any Of My Books.

When I Have An Idea, It Goes From Vague, Cloudy Notion To 100,000 Words In A Heartbeat.

For Me, Writing A Short Story Is Much, Much Harder Than Writing A Novel.