I've always liked the classic "young adult" writers like Mark Twain, Jack London, Roald Dahl, Charles Dickens. They write so clearly, and they know how to entertain.
Arthur BradfordI never really set out to research any of these stories. I try to lead an interesting life though. I guess the closest I came to research was when I applied to work at the state mental institution in Austin, TX. I wanted to work the night shift like Ken Kesey did when he wrote One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. I thought that might inspire me to write a book that great.
Arthur BradfordI was living in a house with 11 dogs and all I thought about was dogs. I never had sex with any of them though.
Arthur BradfordI wanted to do a collection where the narrator is constant throughout, so that there's a little unity.
Arthur BradfordI have two dogs myself and they are always around when I write, so they tend to creep in there.
Arthur BradfordI write most of my first drafts on an old manual typewriter, a really old one. It's a big black metal "Woodstock" from about 1920. I try to write everything down at once, in one sitting. The longer stories in this collection are divided up into sections. Each section represents a different sitting, a different idea for the same story.
Arthur Bradford