Over the last few months, our short fiction writing guide, Short Circuit, has been making its way around a number of very nice blogs, accompanied by its editor, Vanessa Gebbie, who has answered questions about the book and short story writing and other things too.
Take a look at these:
Sally Zigmond’s Elephant in the Writing Room: ‘My Bible. I keep it on my desk and every time I dip into it I find something new, something practical and something inspiring.’
Nik Perring: ‘It’s really rather good.’
Emerging Writer (Kate Dempsey): ‘a veritable feast of thoughts and suggestions about short story writing’
Writer’s Little Helper (Jessica Patient): ‘the kind of book I wished was around when I did my Masters and Degree.’
Fiona Joseph: ‘chock full of advice from 24 prize-winning short fiction writers on just about every aspect of the short story. And it’s an ideal textbook for those of us on postgraduate Creative Writing courses who love – and grapple with – this challenging form.’
asalted (Sara Crowley): ‘ace book’
The Short Review Blog (Tania Hershman)
Thoughts from Botswana (Lauri Kubuitsile): ‘a unique textbook.’: Also: 5 Things I Loved About Short Circuit (Review)
Sue Guiney: ‘a truly wonderful textbook’
Tom Conoboy: A three-part discussion on Short Circuit and the art of the short story:
1. Time, endings, leaving space for the reader
Jon Pinnock: ‘a series of profound insights into the writing processes of some of the best short-form writers around. And in the end, that can tell you more about writing good short stories than any by-the-numbers text book.’
