On story collections…

As the author of a short-story collection, I’m often asked such questions as “How did you decide how to order the stories?” and “When did you know you had enough stories for a collection?” I love talking about these things — and all other story-related issues — and I’ve been fortunate to have had great Q&As with such people and publications as The Short Review, Andrew’s Book Club, and Diana Joseph, author of I’m Sorry You Feel That Way.

But I also love hearing how other story writers do it … and I thought you might, too. I enjoyed these insights from Maile Malloy, who writes about her new collection, Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It, in this Amazon article.

And Hobart‘s fabulous roundtable discussion on first books includes several short-story writers — among them Caitlin Horrocks, Laura van den Berg, Kevin Wilson, and Holly Goddard Jones  — and great insights into putting collections together and getting them out into the world.

Enjoy.