THE BLOODY EPISTLES

i read somewhere about a author who wrote short stories that connected and sort of told one story. Before that, i knew of short stories that shared a theme. I must say, I was very intrigued and decided to try it for myself and I learnt a thing or two about me. 1, I love writing short stories, especially those that tell the same story. writing short stories allowed me to tell the same story but from different angles. in a way, all my characters, no matter how small a part they play in the telling of the story, became 3D. they became real people with flaws and I felt that it added something to my story. For instance, i could now show the family of the victim in  their element, I could show them as people that had lost and that were grieveing.
I would say the fav part of doing this was, i was able to present the victims as people, rather than as a means to tell a murder mystery story.
That was the good part. the bad part, was that I dont think i want to continue writing novels anymore, but at the same time I dont want to be remembered as a short story writer. I am in a bit of a pickle. to date I have written 14 short stories, eight of which tell the same story, but I only have one novel. I am hiding behind the fact that the publishing process is taking too long, but I dont think I will be writing anything abov ten pages anytime soon and that is very worrying to me. on my next posts, I will be discussing the highs and lows, emotionally that is, of writing each and every piece that I wrote.