When I went to university in Colorado, I was encouraged to write very innovative, experimental things, and some of the short stories in 'Bearded Ladies' are a little bit experimental.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
In my younger days, I was trying to write sophisticated prose and fantastic stories.
In my teaching, I try to expose my students to the widest range of aesthetic possibilities, so I'll offer them stories from Anton Chekhov to Denis Johnson, from Flannery O'Connor to A.M. Homes, and perhaps investigating all that strange variation of beauty has rubbed off on me. Or perhaps that's why I enjoy teaching literature.
When I wrote 'Sideways Stories from Wayside School' I never expected it to be published. It was kind of a hobby. Now, it's a job, but it's a job I like very much.
I wanted to write a sci-fi story that would appeal to young women. Loads of girls like sci-fi, but it's more culturally associated with guys.
I am also working on a couple of short stories for anthologies. This is new to me and I'm enjoying it.
I really like the short stories that Melissa Bank writes. I think she's sort of channeling the female version of J.D. Salinger in more recent days.
I wrote my master's thesis on cartoons!
I'm still very interested in telling one-of-a-kind women's stories.
I wrote and illustrated a science experiment book called 'The Mad Professor'.
Three of my novels and a good number of my short stories are told from the point of view of men. I was brought up in a house of women.