I think authors can get into trouble viewing the subject matter as their turf.
“I think authors can get into trouble viewing the subject matter as their turf.”
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I think authors can get into trouble viewing the subject matter as their turf.
“I think authors can get into trouble viewing the subject matter as their turf.”
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“I think authors can get into trouble viewing the subject matter as their turf.”
“I had been writing professionally since 1988.”
“Honestly, I expected to get a cold reception because of my subject matter. But when editors took a look at the story I had to tell, and saw that this was not a parochial story at all, they really warmed to it.”
“I am disabled, so I can't travel, and I have not been to any development meetings, but Gary and the others affiliated with the film keep me updated on everything.”
“Books on horse racing subjects have never done well, and I am told that publishers had come to think of them as the literary version of box office poison.”
“This disease leaves people bedridden. I've gone through phases where I couldn't roll over in bed. I couldn't speak. To have it called 'fatigue' is a gross misnomer.”
“I'm hot on the Jewish book club circuit. How many black authors do you know who can say that?”
“For me, books have always been a way to feel less alone while being alone. Perhaps if I was depressed and isolated, just communicating with these authors through their sentences helped me.”
“Let authors write for glory and reward. The truth is well paid when she is sung and heard.”
“There's no doubt that scientific training helps many authors to write better science fiction. And yet, several of the very best were English majors who could not parse a differential equation to save their lives.”
“In quoting of books, quote such authors as are usually read; others you may read for your own satisfaction, but not name them.”
“We authors certainly don't know what is going to happen to our books. Are they going to disappear into the ether, following music downloads, or are ebooks going to open up a whole new world of readers? And how much are we being paid per copy? We haven't a clue.”