Why I have returned to writing short stories

Why I write short stories.

I have gone back to writing short stories for several reasons, the main one being I find it hard to write at any length these days. With few if any sales for my e-books, I am not tempted to write at length as the previous attempts resulted in achieving one thing, making me feel useless as a writer.

Another reason is that my style of writing is not to pad the pages with lots of detail that does not move the story on. As one character in one of my stories says "I write like Mickey Spillane, not Jane Austen, If something is in my story, it is there to add to the story, not to add to be a page filler."