tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1036843894999783533.post5919763197828466197..comments2023-05-29T07:15:27.839-07:00Comments on Finding Kat Heckenbach: The Long and Short of ItKat Heckenbachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17690721679155795038noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1036843894999783533.post-86245981472681947402011-03-31T14:26:29.770-07:002011-03-31T14:26:29.770-07:00I hope I'm right, too, Jeff. So far, I haven&#...I hope I'm right, too, Jeff. So far, I haven't found any blown away by my credits, but then, I haven't been doing the agent round lately--I've been focusing on other things--but it surely can't hurt, right?Kat Heckenbachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17690721679155795038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1036843894999783533.post-55527091681643676652011-03-31T12:50:04.364-07:002011-03-31T12:50:04.364-07:00Well said, Kat. I hope you're right about agen...Well said, Kat. I hope you're right about agents looking favorably on short story credits. You were dead on about everything else.Jeff Chapmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08374806472853391788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1036843894999783533.post-46318752854615129752011-03-30T15:40:10.716-07:002011-03-30T15:40:10.716-07:00I think you have short stories in you, Caprice :)....I think you have short stories in you, Caprice :). It's surely not for lack of talent if you don't!Kat Heckenbachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17690721679155795038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1036843894999783533.post-44859704299134494822011-03-30T15:07:54.645-07:002011-03-30T15:07:54.645-07:00I think people with the talent for short stories h...I think people with the talent for short stories have leg up for all the reasons you mentioned. I wish I could write short. I really, really do. I'm too epically minded and too verbally long-winded. I'm also not fond of short stories as a reader. Most often my reaction is, "Where's the REST?" or "HUH? I don't get it." But that's just me. It's really upside down. Writing novels is easy. It's short stories that are hard. I haven't graduated to that level yet.Caprice Hokstadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10625997639466258510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1036843894999783533.post-10489056253133096492011-03-30T13:45:14.816-07:002011-03-30T13:45:14.816-07:00Great point, Dragonlots. It's a good thing for...Great point, Dragonlots. It's a good thing for readers, too--a way to help them find the writers they like.<br /><br />Thanks for the comment!Kat Heckenbachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17690721679155795038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1036843894999783533.post-38423629968892053342011-03-30T13:14:28.620-07:002011-03-30T13:14:28.620-07:00Just an addition to exposure to readers - many pic...Just an addition to exposure to readers - many pick up magazines or anthologies to try out new writers. It's lesss of an investment that way.If they like you, they'll look for more of your work and buy your novel, hopefully, when it comes out.<br /><br />Not to mention people have less time now and are more likely to read a short story than they are a novel. It's fun to have the variety and I can testify to what I just said, since I do the same thing.Dragonlotshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08978186865660110290noreply@blogger.com