Many, many thanks to the The Hyacinth Review for featuring an interview with me. It was a treat to talk with Ariel Moniz about the difficulties and delights of getting words on the page.
At one point, Ariel asked when I know whether the story I want to tell needs to be a novel, rather than a short story. Here’s what I told her: “Completing a novel is very satisfying, but when I start one, I have to be dragged in kicking and screaming. I’ve written them only after I’ve exhausted every other possible way of resolving a character’s situation. Each of my novels began as a short story. And each time, I’d wonder what became of the character after the story’s ending. I’d lie awake worrying. That’s the point of no return. That’s when I have to follow wherever it leads.”
You’ll find the rest of our conversation here, as well as the beautiful photo from Donegal.
