Lynn Abbey - Short-story writing requires an e...

Short-story writing requires an exquisite sense of balance. Novelists, frankly, can get away with more. A novel can have a dull spot or two, because the reader has made a different commitment.

Lynn Abbey

American Author

Born: Sep 18, 1948

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