From our own indefatigable Dorothee Lang, some questions at the half-way mark to this 100 Days Project that binds us together…
1.) From your own works so far, which day is your personal favourite?
#004/2012 “I’m Fast” without a doubt is my favorite. It’s one of the shortest but I feel that the horror of what the child is doing and the hint that gives insight into why is something that punches the reader in the gut. Second choice would be #003/2012 “High Dive” because it hits most of us with memory of the feeling of wanting to be accepted by your peers.
2.) What approach/concept for the 100 days did you have at the start? Did it change, and if so, how?
What I wanted to accomplish was to write flash fiction in a genre, specifically horror which is where I started when I was a teenager in all my reading and writing. The only change is that it’s harder to come up with that evil feeling every day. Sometimes, in trying to stick with the genre, the horror takes a humorous turn.
3) How do you feel about the 100 days of summer so far?
There’s such a wealth of extraordinary talent collected here it is humbling. Every day brings something intriguing, amazingly beautiful, conceptually outstanding, exceptionally creative. And the feedback and support of those involved this year has been tremendously inspiring and I know this personally, has kept many of us going when we think we have nothing more to come up with, nothing left inside.
