“Some of the stories in Dogwalker were written as long as four years ago, but I wouldn't say I've been working on this collection for four years. I have always been a little unsure of whether I could make it as a writer so I've held other jobs and worked on other projects this whole time.” YearsLittlesLongWholeStoriesJobsFourWrittenProjectsYears AgoCollectionsFour YearsUnsure Author:Arthur Bradford
“I wanted to do a collection where the narrator is constant throughout, so that there's a little unity.” LittlesWantedConstantUnityCollectionsNarrators Author:Arthur Bradford
“The first story I wrote was "Catface" which was later selected for The O. Henry Collection, so that gave me some confidence to try some more. Gathering these stories together was fun, but I realized when I read them that I have certain mental preoccupations and they keep recurring in my stories.” TryingFirstsStoriesTogetherCertainFunI RealizedCollectionsGatheringSelectedPreoccupationRecurringO Henry Author:Arthur Bradford
“I write most of my first drafts on an old manual typewriter, a really old one. It's a big black metal "Woodstock" from about 1920. I try to write everything down at once, in one sitting. The longer stories in this collection are divided up into sections. Each section represents a different sitting, a different idea for the same story.” WritingTryingFirstsIdeasDifferentStoriesBigsBlackSittingCollectionsOld ManDividedMetalsSectionsTypewritersManualsDifferent IdeasWoodstockBlack Metal Author:Arthur Bradford
“I'm interested in other animals too though. There's the slug in "Mollusks", and I wrote a story about bees and one about a cat which got thrown out a window by mistake, but those never made it into the collection.” MadeStoriesAnimalMistakeCatWindowMade ItCollectionsThrownBeesSlugsMollusks Author:Arthur Bradford
“I'd just like to point out that almost all of these stories in this collection were rejected by some publication at one time or another, some of them have been rejected a lot, in fact. Find people you trust and listen to them.” PeopleHas BeensFactsStoriesCollectionsOne TimeRejectedPublication Author:Arthur Bradford
