In the ideal sense nothing is uninteresting; there are only uninterested people.
I'm trying to write stories that are interesting and enjoyable.
Some of the stories in Dogwalker were written as long as four years ago, but I wouldn't say I've been working on this collection for four years. I have always been a little unsure of whether I could make it as a writer so I've held other jobs and worked on other projects this whole time.
I make films about people with disabilities as well and I think this question is more relevant in regards to these documentaries where the actual person appears on film. I know these people are proud of who they are and what they are doing with their lives.
Dogwalker is a book of fiction, with characters based on the types of people who truly exist in the world. I've seen them and know them - some of them I know really well. Although the stories are sometimes gritty and unsettling, my hope is that in the end they hit a positive note.
I'm not very disciplined. I tend to write late at night because I get distracted during the day.
I write most of my first drafts on an old manual typewriter, a really old one. It's a big black metal "Woodstock" from about 1920. I try to write everything down at once, in one sitting. The longer stories in this collection are divided up into sections. Each section represents a different sitting, a different idea for the same story.
. . . life is a comedy far darker than drama. It just takes time to learn what to smile at.
What is healing, but a shift in perspectives?
I learned that in dealing with things, you spent much more time and energy in dealing with people than in dealing with things.
Where there is no common power, there is no law