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Mike Wiecek
Mike Wiecek lives outside Boston, at home with the kids. He has travelled widely in Asia and worked many different jobs, mostly in finance. His stories have won a number of awards, including a Shamus from Private Eye Writers of America and two Derringers. He was a finalist for the PWA's Best First PI Novel and his book, Exit Strategy was shortlisted for the International Thriller Writers' Thriller Award.
Mike's short stories appear regularly. The protagonist of Chain of Command debuted in Alfred Hitchcocks Mystery Magazine in 2007, and was published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine in 2008.
Links
Mike Wiecek's website
Q & A
Mike Wiecek's website
Q & A
Q: As a fellow Sniplits author, I wonder if you prefer writing short stories to other forms of writing? Always interested in the opinion of a published writer. Thanks, Tom Anselm
MW: They're different forms, and I enjoy both. The novel I've been working on lately - currently it's with my agent - is a book-length version of a short story, and I was struck by how the major characters all had to change: many shorthand assumptions just don't play out well over 300 pages. As I've noted elsewhere, for me, short stories are a good way to get started, to learn how to write and set scenes and describe people and, most of all, to be succint. To cut. But novels are different. Many people prefer one or the other, or are simply more capable in one or the other. Of course, it's easier to FINISH a short story ... but I'm not sure it's any easier to SELL one
:-). Good luck with your writing.
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MW: They're different forms, and I enjoy both. The novel I've been working on lately - currently it's with my agent - is a book-length version of a short story, and I was struck by how the major characters all had to change: many shorthand assumptions just don't play out well over 300 pages. As I've noted elsewhere, for me, short stories are a good way to get started, to learn how to write and set scenes and describe people and, most of all, to be succint. To cut. But novels are different. Many people prefer one or the other, or are simply more capable in one or the other. Of course, it's easier to FINISH a short story ... but I'm not sure it's any easier to SELL one
:-). Good luck with your writing.
Ask Mike a Question
Stories
Books
Exit Strategy, Penguin/Berkley, 2005
Chain of Command
Forensic accounting with a bullet: a hit man roots out corporate deadwood. Dark humor.
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Forensic accounting with a bullet: a hit man roots out corporate deadwood. Dark humor.
Time: 35:01 / $1.08 Sample Add to Cart
(3)
Books
Exit Strategy, Penguin/Berkley, 2005