StoryTapes

A few months ago, I had the pleasure of talking to Eliza Smith at StoryTapes about a number of things, mostly involving writing flash fiction, coming-of-age stories, the self, etc. Unfortunately, I wound up not recording a word I said, so we recently had a second take–during which I remembered to actually record my responses–and we talked about voice, linguistics, why I write in the second person, direct address in fiction (mine as well as others’), the reasons I avoid gendering my characters, and the relationship a reader has with an author.

Eliza layered it alongside a reading of my two stories, “Tonguing It” and “How to Fly,” as well as some lovely music that made me feel like my life is a fancy retro video game. I may have to make a playlist from them called “Theme Songs.”

You can listen to the interview (with sweet accompaniment by Andy Puls, Borrisokane, and Johanna Samuels) over at the StoryTapes site.