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Alice Munro’s enduring example

You don’t need to write a novel to be a literary success

I know a lot of readers love to absorb themselves in a thick, juicy novel. I’m not one of them. I do enjoy a good novel, but I’m partial to the short story. As a writer, I prefer to write short fiction. Thankfully, writers like Alice Munro have given us a stellar example of how a writer of fiction can achieve success without ever writing a novel.

A masterful storyteller and perhaps the greatest writer of fiction in the past 50 years, Alice Munro died Monday, May 13, 2024, at age 92.

A selection of clips from CBC interviews with Alice Munro, the Nobel Prize-winning writer who died May 13, 2024, at age 92.

Friday Five: opportunity knocking

Reprising a former practice as we head into the weekend.

In this blog’s previous life as a resource for higher education marketers and communicators, I would occasionally post a feature on Friday called Friday Five. It usually consisted of a collection of links on a specific topic, or occasionally five-part Q&As with writers, other bloggers, and other people influential in the marketing/PR/communication world. Anyway, I thought I might reprise this idea with a focus on the craft of writing. Consider this the maiden voyage of the new Friday Five.