Author interview: Richard Daybell
How did you become interested in short stories? I wrote short stories before undertaking a novel. For several years, I wrote primarily short humor -- satirical pieces. I guess they'd be considered nonfiction, but barely. Short fiction was the next logical step, and I really enjoyed the freedom it gave me. Because I love the Caribbean, I began using it as a setting for a lot of the stories. As an author, do you think writing short stories is worthwhile? Why? For the pleasure, yes. For publishing, it's certainly become tougher through the years. I was lucky enough to sell stories to a few pretty good markets. American Way and Hemispheres, two inflight magazines, published several. Neither uses fiction anymore. W hat types of short story promotion have worked for you? The only promotion I've done for my short stories, beyond marketing to magazines, is for my collection, Calypso: stor...