I believe that we can access stories, and voices from those around us, more easily often than from our own imperfect memories.
Tom BarbashOf course I'd sometimes have characters from downstate living upstate, but it took a while for me to start writing about where I grew up.
Tom BarbashI went back into the older stories and reworked them, because I became a better writer over the years and could spot flaws. I loved having another chance to make them stronger, and to bring them closer to me, made them less like a greatest hits compilation, and more like something written in the same extended burst.
Tom Barbash