Short Stories
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| A favourite story is 'The Drover's Wife' |
I have interrupted my next go at editing my third book about
‘The Tenth Gateway’ to become a short story writer
I see so many opportunities and workshops that focus on
picture books and Young Adult fiction that I was excited to see a competition
for a short story targeting 8-11 year olds. So I thought, ‘I can do this.’
It’s my first effort and I’ve written it in just over a
week. It’s not a fantasy like The Tenth Gateway books and I had trouble keeping
to the word count. Fingers crossed that someone may like it.
I’m now going to research other opportunities.
Some Favourite Authors
Of course there are lots of authors who write short stories.
Years ago I remember being terrified by the Edgar Allen Poe stories which were
written in the 19th century. When I did French at school I loved the
stories of Guy de Maupassant.
Next I was inspired by the Australian stories of
Henry Lawson and later by the spooky writings of Barbara Erskine and romantic
mysteries of Agatha Christie.
More recently I whizzed through the latest short
stories by Jeffrey Archer.
There must be hundreds more that you could name.
