I had written about a small hamlet upstate, and had been called into a meeting about my story, which, as it turned out, had upset a lot of people. — Tom Barbash Copy Share Image
Susan Rebecca White has a keen sense for how her characters talk and think. An impressive debut. — Tom Barbash Copy Share Image
One good thing the teaching has given me is the ability to read and revise my own work. — Tom Barbash Copy Share Image
My characters tend, if wounded, to be emotionally resourceful. Often they're in that way station between when loss happens and when it can be… — Tom Barbash Copy Share Image
Of course I'd sometimes have characters from downstate living upstate, but it took a while for me to start writing about where I grew… — Tom Barbash Copy Share Image
I'll write about California someday, I imagine, but I don't know when. — Tom Barbash Copy Share Image
I went back into the older stories and reworked them, because I became a better writer over the years and could spot flaws. I… — Tom Barbash Copy Share Image
I tend to listen to my friends and family empathetically, and I try to help work through their problems from the inside. I try… — Tom Barbash Copy Share Image
Being a reporter took me out of myself and that shaped me as a writer. — Tom Barbash Copy Share Image
I'm always relearning things I thought I'd learned for good a while back. — Tom Barbash Copy Share Image
I think narrators expect a high level of intimacy with their readers, and vice versa. — Tom Barbash Copy Share Image
I believe that we can access stories, and voices from those around us, more easily often than from our own imperfect memories. — Tom Barbash Copy Share Image
I think the second, or outsider's, perspective can come as you layer a story. It's as though you've grabbed a secondary character and asked… — Tom Barbash Copy Share Image
