Friday 23 September 2011

MY LIFE IN SHORT FICTION

The Portable Virgin

When writing the title for this post I accidentally wrote: My Life is Short Fiction. Smile :)

Short story writer and home-dad Dan Powell interviews me today in his My Life in Short Fiction slot here. Dan is a great champion of the short story and his blog is always worth a read for up-to-the-minute reviews of recent story collections, and thoughts on the writing process etc.

Writers I name-check in the interview include Anne Enright (The Portable Virgin), Flannery O'Connor and Seán Ó Faoláin. I'm delighted to take part in Dan's Q&A which has previously featured writers I admire like Sara Crowley and Nik Perring.

And you've got to love anyone who is a home-dad as well as a writer. As a home-mom/writer, I can relate.

4 comments:

Órfhlaith Foyle said...

Lovely interview, Nuala. I very much like your 'dark pool ripple' image for short stories!

Group 8 said...

Thanks a million, Ór :)

Donna OShaughnessy said...

Love the virgin in your purse. She never looked so good. And yes, all our lives really are short fiction.

Group 8 said...

Cheers, Donna. I used to have an inch-high luminous virgin but she's gone awol. This is one of my other faves given to me by my 1st husband's mother. She's a little beauty :)

Thanks for reading, as always.