“Here's the thing. I hate kids. Always have. I mean, I know the job of the race, biologically speaking, is to achieve immortality through reproduction, but the idea of getting impregnated and blowing up like a balloon as I serve as a carrier and service unit for this other person who will eventually burst out of me in the most terrifying way imaginable, then carry on using me one way or another for the rest of my life, is right up there with throwing myself off the top of a twenty-story building. If I have a biological clock, it is digital and does not tick.” IfsKnowsWayMeanPersonsDoeIdeasStoriesKidsJobsLife IsHateRaceAchieveBuildingI HateTwentiesOne WayClockImmortalityDigitalThrowingUnitsReproductionBalloonsTickUsing MeCarrierBlowing UpThings I HateBiological Clock Author:Isobelle Carmody
“Short stories do not say this happened and this happened and this happened. They are a microcosm and a magnification rather than a linear progression.” WritingStoriesHappenedInsightfulShort StoryProgressionLinearMicrocosmMagnification Book:The Wilful Eye (Tales from the Tower Volume One) Source: The Wilful Eye (Tales from the Tower Volume One)
“The short story form allows evocation, suggestion, implication. Its potency often lies in what it does not say.” WritingDoeStoriesFormLyingShort StorySuggestionsImplicationsPotency Book:The Wilful Eye (Tales from the Tower Volume One) Source: The Wilful Eye (Tales from the Tower Volume One)
“Long fiction is wonderful and you can lose yourself in it as a reader and as a writer, but short stories don't allow the same kind of immersion. Often the best stories hold you back and make you witness them. This may be one of the reasons some people reject the form. That and the fact that they are harder work to read. A story will not let you get comfortable and settle in. It is like a stool that is so small that you must always be aware of sitting.” PeopleWritingKindMayLongReasonFactsStoriesFormLosesFictionWonderfulReaderComfortableSittingHarderWitnessSettlingRejectsShort StoryLosing YourselfStoolsImmersion Book:The Wilful Eye (Tales from the Tower Volume One) Source: The Wilful Eye (Tales from the Tower Volume One)
