I began my writing career as a poet, and Im still a poet. So my journey into fiction was never a planned career move. In fact, my first short story arrived as a complete shock. No kidding.
Because I have written and published poetry in books and magazines for years, Ive developed a writing schedule that provides time to write every day, always a half hour after breakfast each morning and again after dinner every evening. I also keep a notepad and pen next to the bed to capture any lines of poetry if they float through my mind while I drift off to sleep. This means Ive not only learned how to write pages of notes in the dark but also how to decipher those scribbles in the morning.
About eleven years ago, as I fell asleep one night, several lines suddenly appeared. Before I could decide to wake up and write them down, a startling thought flared in my mind like a wild firecracker: This isnt a poemits the first paragraph of a short story, and Ive never written fiction before!
My eyes popped open, I grabbed the notepad, and followed the thread of those lines until Id written three paragraphs of a short story in the dark. That was my first experience seeing an...
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