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The Depths and Shallows of Short Fiction

Posted by kevin on Apr 18, 2011 in Writing

Last night I finished writing a short story that is, without a doubt, the “deepest” story I’ve written. Before I talk about that, I want to talk about some of the “shallow” (and I say this not in a derogatory way) work I’ve done. To date, the only short story that I’ve managed to get [...]

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How NOT to write a short story

Posted by kevin on Sep 2, 2010 in Writing

Certainly there are thousands of other pieces of advice that writers can give about making better short stories, but avoiding the pitfalls in this post helped me write some of my best short stories ever.

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The Devenomization of the Vampire

Posted by kevin on Oct 19, 2009 in Writing

Vampires have become weak, angst-ridden, predominantly teenage whiners obsessed with finding true love and forsaking the bloodsucking life of the vampire to use their powers for good and high box office gross.

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