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| Category: Fiction:Short Stories |
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| About the Book | |
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People often pull me aside to say they have an idea for a story I should write. Story ideas come to me in every way except that way. I’ve learned to listen for an emerging tale when my mind is creating. Sometimes the idea for a complicated novel arises from that mass of gray matter, and I hurry to write down the central theme. Often–like in this collection of short stories, there’s an urgency to start writing immediately and get it done fast. A short story might barge in between two chapters of a novel. I give it plenty of air, treat it tenderly, and write it. Handful of Pencils fiction is for readers seeking a short creative interlude. Read one story at a time, or all of them at once. The stories are varied and include settings in Spain, Italy, England, and America. This book contains the best of those stories.
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| About the Author | |
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Sarah Bates’ fiction has appeared in the Greenwich Village Literary Review, the literary magazine Bravura and the San Diego North County Times. She is the author of The Lost Diaries of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Twenty-One Steps of Courage. Bates tutored writing at Palomar College for twelve years. |