The Simily Spotlight
Simily is doing some work to promote writers
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Back in August, I had a story I wrote over at Simily chosen as the “Story of the Month.”
A Victory on Simily. A little promotion goes a long way | by Andy Spears | Medium
At the time, the site still didn’t have 10,000 members — but it was growing.
This month, I was asked to participate in the “Writer Spotlight” — a chance to share more about the story behind “Birds of Pray.”
Here’s an excerpt from that interview:
When it comes to fiction, I like to write about hidden reality — the scenes behind the scenes — the dark places where people are often truly themselves. So often, we see only a fraction of a person — and we then accept that as all of them. I like to imagine what else is happening. We are all multi-faceted and many have a tendency to compartmentalize. I want to expose the compartments.
Certainly, this tendency can be seen in the Macon County Supper Club series.
About Macon County Supper Club. The story behind a short story series | by Andy Spears | Medium
It is also seen in my most recent personal essay — about how sorting candy became a way of sorting out my life:
What types of fiction do you enjoy reading? If you write fiction, what guides you as you create characters?
