“I bought a selection of short, romantic fiction novels, studied them, decided that I had found a formula and then wrote a book that I figured was the perfect story. Thank goodness it was rejected.” BookStoriesFoundPerfectFictionNovelGoodnessDecidedFormulasRejectedSelectionShort RomanticFiction Novels Author:Louise Brown
“When I was a child and teenager I read whenever I had the opportunity, but since then I've found it hard to read as much as I'd like, children, work, and pets all providing powerful incentives to escape into a book and a practical reason why I rarely do so.” ChildrenBookHardReasonFoundOpportunityPowerfulPracticalsTeenagerReason WhyPetProvidingIncentives Author:Louise Brown
“It took a brave editor in the U.S. to sign a contract for Dancing Girls, and without her belief in the book, I'm not sure it would ever have found its way into print.” WayBelieveBookGirlFoundBeliefDancingBraveNot SurePrintEditorsContracts Author:Louise Brown
“The importance and influence of books on me has been cumulative: the result of hearing and reading lots of stories about interesting people and places.” PeopleHas BeensBookStoriesReadingInterestingResultsInfluenceImportanceHearingReading BooksCumulative Author:Louise Brown
“I'm working on a nonfiction book on Nepal and a novel about diasporas.” BookNovelNonfictionDiasporaNepalFiction And Nonfiction Author:Louise Brown
“Don't write the book you think publishers want to commission. Plenty of other writers will be doing the same thing.” ThinkingWantWritingBookPlentyPublishers Author:Louise Brown
“I can't pick out one single book that had such a profound personal impact.” I CanBookPicksImpactProfound Author:Louise Brown
“I have a good collection of cookery books. This is not so much because I like cooking, but because I like eating.” BookEatingCookingCollectionsCookeryCookery Books Author:Louise Brown
