Lisa Hislop – The Short Story Editor

Realism in Dialogue

A great question from my inbox: Hi Lisa, I’m on the spectrum and after […]

Today, we’re going to take a look at how to navigate the short-story-to-novel pipeline.

This is a great question because the choice to use italics for characters’ thoughts

One of the main reasons short story writers come to me is because a

What is an homage? An homage is a piece of literature that incorporates elements

So, you’ve finally gotten your drabble down to 100 words, and you’re about to

Humans of the world (and probably some cats) can be divided into two camps:

NOTE: With building the new website and figuring out the post designs, I haven’t

There is nothing like finding a gift so niche that the giftee doesn’t realize

I recently submitted a horror story, or at least I thought I did. It

An inevitable part of writing short fiction is tightening your word count (hopefully by

A list of short story podcasts for (almost) every day of the week.