Dutchmans Flat (Ss) (1986)
“This was probably more evident in the west, where a man's actions were often starkly revealed. The population was sparse, and there was, literally, no place to hide.
Occasionally I have become so involved with the characters in a story that I hesitate to let them go, and "Dutchman's Flat" was such a story. As a result I took the same basic situation and extended the story, much later, into a novel called The Key-Lock Man.
In another such case the short story "War Party" became Bendigo Shaffer.
...Characters can become very real to their author, and often it is difficult to abandon them. One wants to know more about them, about their lives after the story in question, and the only way to know is to let the story tell itself.MoreLess
Occasionally I have become so involved with the characters in a story that I hesitate to let them go, and "Dutchman's Flat" was such a story. As a result I took the same basic situation and extended the story, much later, into a novel called The Key-Lock Man.
In another such case the short story "War Party" became Bendigo Shaffer.
...Characters can become very real to their author, and often it is difficult to abandon them. One wants to know more about them, about their lives after the story in question, and the only way to know is to let the story tell itself.MoreLess
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