Author Archive: Randy Kraft

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RATIONAL WOMEN: An Excerpt

RATIONAL WOMEN: An Excerpt

Feeling bombarded by maddening 24/7 news and social media feeds? Little time for the sheer pleasure of reading? Read a short story – there are a zillion of them bound and online, because a work of fiction gets to the heart of humanity, rather than a restating of the news of the day [although some […]

April 25, 2020 | By | Reply More
Why Short Stories Matter More than Ever, by Randy Kraft

Why Short Stories Matter More than Ever, by Randy Kraft

Feeling bombarded by maddening 24/7 news and social media feeds? Little time for the sheer pleasure of reading? Read a short story – there are a zillion of them bound and online, because a work of fiction gets to the heart of humanity, rather than a restating of the news of the day [although some […]

March 1, 2020 | By | Reply More
Do You Have to Suffer to Write?

Do You Have to Suffer to Write?

Famous authors are often distinguished by horrific childhoods, intensive suffering, depression or desperation. Think Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Wolff. Memoirists notably mine their traumas like gold, exorcising demons along the way. Of course, conflict is the core of storytelling, and emotional conflicts are fiction’s treasure, but do you have to be miserable to write great fiction? Novelists […]

February 19, 2014 | By | 37 Replies More
Age: a Writer’s Ally

Age: a Writer’s Ally

The only thing we know for sure is that we will age. What matters is what we do with our years. There is no statute of limitations on a dream and no rush. I was in my late forties when I completed my Masters in Writing. My first novel had already been roundly rejected and […]

November 29, 2013 | By | 19 Replies More