Author interview: Edwin Stark
How did you become interested in short stories? I started writing short stories both as a learning experience (I'm originally a native Spanish speaker) and as a mean to pass time (I live in a tropical rainforest: plenty lonely and BORING). I suddenly discovered I had the knack to write and I haven't stopped ever since. As an author, do you think writing short stories is worthwhile? Why? Yes, it is. I love the ability to communicate something in 3000 words or less. I'm usually too elaborate in my descriptions and I find it quite challenging to limit myself to the aforementioned word limit. It's very rewarding. What types of short story promotion have worked for you? The funny stuff is that I use my short stories to hook my readers into my longer works. Whenever I sell a copy of Cuentos, my short story collection, I almost always get a follow up sale of my other books. What types of short story promotion have not worked f...