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Voices of dragons by carrie vaughn7/5/2023 ![]() Their stories always expand into multi-volume epics, or they never get past a few thousand words. I know a lot of people consider themselves either novel writers or short story writers, and have either never written in a different format, or have had trouble with it. ![]() By the way, I highly recommend working in ignorance, as this removed much of the anxiety surrounding the writing of a first novel. I was in the middle of it before I realized I was writing a novel. Over time, my stories got longer and longer, until I suddenly realized my work in progress was nearly 30,000 words and wasn’t finished yet. As a teenager, I started writing very short stories. Visit her website at I never made a conscious decision to transition from writing short stories to novels or vice versa. She graduated from Odyssey in 1998, and returned as writer-in-residence in 2009. ![]() Her short stories can be found in many publications and anthologies, and one of her short stories has been nominated for the Hugo Award in 2011. She’s also written young adult ( Voices of Dragons, Steel) and stand-alone fantasy ( Discord’s Apple, After the Golden Age). The ninth book in the series, Kitty’s Big Trouble, has just been released from Tor Books. Carrie Vaughn is the bestselling author of a series of novels about a werewolf named Kitty who hosts a talk radio advice show. ![]()
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