I am being misquoted all over the place. I never said I didn't believe in unhappy endings. I said I didn't like
purely unhappy endings. There are lots of endings I have liked that were bitter sweet at best. Just as long as it had some impact and wasn't the old 'and then everyone got hit by a train.' And just because I don't write/read something, doesn't mean I don't see a place for it. If you all wrote like me, I would have to get a new hobby.
The reason I don't believe in short stories is that I don't understand how anyone can do that and be satisfied. I always seem to want more after reading a short story, and all my ideas are big scale... if they come at all. Focusing my big scale ideas into detailed scenes is hard for me even in novel writing so I imagine trying to do a short story would finish me off for good. Tis better to pretend they don't exist.
It might be fun to start my own religion though.... Such dreams will have to wait for another day as it seems I would have trouble getting converts and I don't know if my insurance covers lightening. In fact, I'm not sure if my insurance covers anything at all.... Oh the joys of being a student.