“My first novel was turned down by half a dozen publishers. And even after having published five or six books, I wasn't making enough money to live on, and was beginning to think I'd have to give up the dream of being a full-time writer.” ThinkingGivingFirstsBookEnoughDreamHalfNovelFiveGiving UpSixDozenPublishersTurned Down Author:Ian Rankin
“I usually do at least a dozen drafts and progressively make more-conscious decisions. Because I've always believed stories are closer to poems than novels, I spend a lot of time on the story's larger rhythms, such as sentence and paragraph length, placement of flashbacks and dialogue.” StoriesDecisionNovelConsciousSentencesDialogueRhythmLengthDozenAlways BelieveParagraphPlacementFlashback Author:Ron Rash
“The latest gorgeous entry in the Belknap Press' growing library of annotated Jane Austen novels arrives, this time the mighty Emma under the exactingly careful guidance of Bharat Tandon of the University of East Anglia. Belknap has once again done its end of the job superbly: the book is a physical treat-luxuriantly over-sized, heavy with quality paper and solid binding, decked out in a beautiful cover and dozens of well-chosen illustrations throughout. This is one of the prettiest Jane Austen volumes available in bookstoresthis season.” WellsBookEndsDoneJobsBeautifulQualityNovelGrowingPaperTreatsSeasonsPressesLibraryUniversityCarefulAvailableHeavyEastChosenGuidanceDozenVolumeGorgeousJaneEntryBindingIllustrationEmmaAustenPrettiestBharatJane Austen Novel Author:Steve Donoghue
“I write poems about relationships, love relationships, and I'm not able to do that all the time. I could go two years without writing poems, and then write a dozen. Having a novel to work on, with the intricate puzzle of character and plot to work out, is satisfying for the time there is no poetry.” WritingYearsTwoCharacterAbleNovelWork OutPlotTwo YearsSatisfyingDozenPuzzlesIntricateLove RelationshipWriting Poems Author:May Sarton
“I've published several virtually invisible novels and several dozen even more invisible short stories over the years, all of which give me joy - unlike the cumulative experience of seeking publishers for them!” GivingYearsStoriesJoyNovelGive MeSeekingInvisibleShort StoryDozenPublishersCumulative Author:Scott Bradfield
“Every year the literary press praises dozens if not hundreds of novels to the skies, asserting explicitly or implicitly that these books will probably not be suffering water damage in the basements of their authors' houses 20 years from now. But historically, anyway, that's not the way the novelistic ecology works.” IfsWayYearsBookSufferingHouseWaterNovelSkyPraisePressesDamageDozenEcologyBasements Author:Lev Grossman
“The novel is very much alive, indeed. In Toronto at the Sixth Annual International Festival of Authors (October 1985) I listened to novelists by the dozen.” NovelAliveInternationalNovelistsDozenFestivalsOctoberAnnualsToronto Author:William Golding