DUBLINERS by JAMES JOYCE
Now reading Dubliners by James Joyce.
I just read The Boarding House (in Dublin) and loved it. I want to learn the art of short story writing, having just completed writing an epic 660 page novel. And Joyce is a good man to emulate. Everyone shouted at me and told me to cut it to 300 pages as it would never sell. (Wait a minute how long was Moby Dick?)
I think there's a difference between writing for commercial reasons and for the sake of art. (Sorry that's much too grand and presumptuous!) But I wanted to tell the whole story of the British Airship Program—the agony and the heartache (not to mention the grief) of all involved, not just part of it. That's the beauty (and the price) of being an Indie author.
I just read The Boarding House (in Dublin) and loved it. I want to learn the art of short story writing, having just completed writing an epic 660 page novel. And Joyce is a good man to emulate. Everyone shouted at me and told me to cut it to 300 pages as it would never sell. (Wait a minute how long was Moby Dick?)
I think there's a difference between writing for commercial reasons and for the sake of art. (Sorry that's much too grand and presumptuous!) But I wanted to tell the whole story of the British Airship Program—the agony and the heartache (not to mention the grief) of all involved, not just part of it. That's the beauty (and the price) of being an Indie author.
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