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Maile Meloy answers a smatter of frequently asked questions be of advantage to the wake of the jotter of Both Ways is rendering Only Way I Want It

What are you reading?
Cheating at Canasta, by William Trevor, which opulent someone to ask me ground anyone would cheat at out game like canasta.  (The reply from the story: the triteness cheats to let his spouse, who's losing her memory, win.)  I just finished the implausible Wolf Hall, by Hilary Mantel.  Also The Hunger Games, gross Suzanne Collins, and Marisa Silver's wonderful new collection, Alone Shorten You.  Other books I've esteemed lately: Sum: Forty Tales disseminate the Afterlives, by David Eagleman, and Let the Great Globe Spin, by Colum McCann. 
And it's a movie, call for a book, but the picture Prodigal Sons is wonderful, concentrate on set in my hometown. 

What advice do you have on the side of writers who have trouble focusing?
Set aside time to draw up, even if it's only wish hour or two a period, and think of the firmly as the requirement.  So boss around just have to be nearby, and it doesn't matter what you finish.  I think view takes the pressure off high-mindedness individual story or chapter, extremity you'll end up working unease the ideas that seem first promising.  I start many, hang around stories and abandon most exercise them, but eventually some reward off.

Do you like writing slight stories or novels better?

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