Kelly Luce Interview
We here at the Front Porch are hip-deep in reading your submissions for our upcoming December issue. But don’t let thoughts of the future make you forget to enjoy what already exists. And what you can find inside of our issue 36 is an interview by our own Caroline DeBruhl of author Kelly Luce. In it, Ms. Luce details her short story vs. novel process in addition to how Japan influences her stories. Exert below, with the full interview viewable by clicking here
Caroline DeBruhl: Pull Me Under is your second book but first novel. Previously, you published a collection of short stories. What was the process for Pull Me Under? How did this story find itself to be a novel as opposed to a short story?
Kelly Luce: It always just felt like a novel. The question the story posed needed an entire book to answer. Short story ideas feel very different. I’ve never understood how people can write a great short story, then turn it into chapter one of a novel. To me that’s like cooking a perfect omelet and then deciding that it’s no longer going to be an omelet, but a full Thanksgiving dinner. That simile doesn’t really make sense. But you get the idea.
