Because of all the natural excitement and optimism that goes along with getting a first book published I sometimes forget some basic realities. For instance, it's easy for me to forget how few people read short fiction. Today I'd thought I'd post a reminder to myself.

"Most fiction writers feel they need to move on to novels, so there are virtually no short story writers doing anything as ambitious and complex as Alice Munro was doing even 20 years ago. It feels like a beginning writer's form, a way for a young writer to announce their voice, their arrival, and it's become that as a result of the form losing its cultural niche.”-Greg Hollingshead, author of The Roaring Girl

You might ask what it is I'm working on these days. I think the answer is obvious. I'm working on a novel.