“When you’re a writer, the cure for whatever ails you is always writing.” — Theodora Goss Copy Share Image
Of course, with Papaveria Press, you know the book itself is going to be beautiful. — Theodora Goss Copy Share Image
The only thing worth thinking about, when I write a story, is whether I like it, whether I want to write it,… — Theodora Goss Copy Share Image
That sort of effort has to come not only from the writer but also from a really innovative publisher like Quirk. — Theodora Goss Copy Share Image
The book itself [The Thorn and The Blossom] is bound accordion-style: it has no spine, so it can open in either direction,… — Theodora Goss Copy Share Image
I see so many talented writers who have difficulties with that. And if you don't believe it's important, you won't put in… — Theodora Goss Copy Share Image
If readers like The Thorn and the Blossom, which I would call literary fantasy, I think they would like books such as… — Theodora Goss Copy Share Image
Delia Sherman once told me that you never learn to write a story. You only learn to write the story you are… — Theodora Goss Copy Share Image
If you’re a writer, your first duty, a duty you owe to yourself and your readers, and to your writing itself, is… — Theodora Goss Copy Share Image
Write all the time. I believe in writing every day, at least a thousand words a day. We have a strange idea… — Theodora Goss Copy Share Image
Learn as much as you can. Take every opportunity to learn about writing, whether it’s through classes, workshops, whatever is available to… — Theodora Goss Copy Share Image
Read a lot. But read as a writer, to see how other writers are doing it. And make your knowledge of literature… — Theodora Goss Copy Share Image
Writing two stories [in the Thorn and the Blossom] about the same set of events that were complete stories in themselves, but also added… — Theodora Goss Copy Share
I've heard some readers saying they wished the story was longer, and I completely understand that desire - we all like to sink into… — Theodora Goss Copy Share
“She drifted, feather-like, in tenuous radiance… Her gown, it seemed a thing made out of mist, As though the dewy air Had gathered in… — Theodora Goss Copy Share
The Thorn and The Blossom can be read from either side - you can choose whether to read it from Brendan's or Evelyn's perspective… — Theodora Goss Copy Share
The editor, Stephen Segal, actually called me with the idea of creating an accordion book [ "The Thorn & The Blossom"], and asked if… — Theodora Goss Copy Share
The book itself [The Thorn and The Blossom] is bound accordion-style: it has no spine, so it can open in either direction, and it's… — Theodora Goss Copy Share
“Spectacular cases are usually simpler, and less interesting, than they initially appear.” — Theodora Goss Copy Share
Art inspires me. Looking at art in a museum, listening to music, reading the works of other writers. — Theodora Goss Copy Share
I loved writing something people usually have - miscommunication, for example. Now that I've written a romance, I'm sure I'll write more: it's fascinating… — Theodora Goss Copy Share
I would tell myself to get more sleep! Believe it or not, I wrote the book while finishing my PhD in English literature. It… — Theodora Goss Copy Share
Nature inspires me continually. Today, I can look out my window and see the entire world covered with snow. It's like Narnia under the… — Theodora Goss Copy Share
Understanding what is going on in the world today inspires me in a negative sense because there's so much about it that I don't… — Theodora Goss Copy Share
“I will tell you, too, that every fairy tale has a moral. The moral of my story may be that love is a constraint,… — Theodora Goss Copy Share
I put that part of myself into both Brendan and Evelyn [from The Thorn and the Blossom] - as well as some of my… — Theodora Goss Copy Share
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