“I still remember typing the title page on my manual Smith-Corona with clammy hands and a racing heart. When I came to the words, "A novel by Joyce Elbert", I heard the New York Philharmonic break into Wagnerian praise for a major new literary voice, yet seconds later doubt and insecurity had crept in.” InspirationalWritingInspirationNovelWriting ProcessNovelsNovel WritingFirst Novel Book:A Tale of Five Cities & Other Memoirs Source: A Tale of Five Cities & Other Memoirs
“Al finalizar, cada uno de los asistentes deja en la sepultura de Tom un ramo de flores, al igual que yo. ¿Por qué flores? Me comienzo a preguntar mientras camino de vuelta a la calle, tal vez sea por la razón de que nos recuerdan como es la vida: hermosa y a la vez efímera.” ThrillerGoodreads QuotesSpanish QuoteGoodreads AuthorsSpanish QuotesSuspense And DramaNew WritersFirst NovelNew Writer Book:Historias de almas perdidas: Loreley Source: Historias de almas perdidas: Loreley
“While I was in the research field in 1929, the idea of Jonah's Gourd Vine came to me. I had written a few short stories, but the idea of attempting a book seemed so big that I gazed at it in the quiet of the night, but hid it away from even myself in daylight.” Novel WritingOn WritingZora Neale HurstonFirst BookBooks And AuthorsFirst Novel Book:Dust tracks on a road Source: Dust tracks on a road