Sonya Chung

So, when I interview authors these days, I'm going to blog about them, too.

Sonya Chung wrote a lovely novel called "Long for This World." I was mostly intrigued with the way she cut in and out of time and POV through first person and third person.

Her voice at times was more distant and objectively observant, then crisp and faster paced during first person to tell Jane's story of a photo journalist risking her life at times to capture news moments. Very clever novel and a nice woman. Interesting duality in her own life where she lives in busy Manhattan and a quiet little town in Pennsylvania.

Sonya mentioned that she wasn't as comfortable in the short story form and found her place naturally in novel form.

I've had this discussion many times with writers on both sides of the fence -- journalism or fiction. Many agree, not all writers can write both.