Even while I was working on the novel I would also write short stories as relief, just to be in a wieldier world that could negotiated more easily and more quickly. In the novel, I even changed the narrator from a man to a woman.
Leni ZumasGiving the reader the space to move around and be active, and encourage their active response is important to me. That will connect the reader more to the text.
Leni ZumasFor me, the genders are an essential element of numbers and letters, not something that could be removed from them.
Leni Zumas