Harvard Book Store; WGBH Forum Network; The Best American Short Stories 2010

And you know having written at least enough stories and I know that I can do it. There's actual proof out there so that makes that part of it easier but I think for me I still still struggle that sometimes making it's not so much at making the time because I mean as Heidi mentioned I have four kids not tons of time around but there's time. And I think it is the discipline to just sort of sit down and do it and stick with it and keep going. And that's for me has been the biggest challenge than that gets easier. And I felt like I'd finally like gotten that with short stories that I had a pretty good rhythm I could kind of hold the story in my head I could stick with it I could see the whole story and that drive me forward so I started working on a novel this summer because I felt like OK short story. I got that at least the routine to gather the content I can have the routine is good. So let's start working on a novel and see what happens there so now that brings on new terrors. So hopefully I'll be back in a setting like this years from now and I can tell you how things worked out with the novel that right now that's a that's a work in progress.