BOOK THIRD.—IN THE YEAR 1817

“CHAPTER I—THE YEAR 1817”

— Victor Hugo

I put off writing the first Left Behind book for a year because I got invited to assist Billy Graham in his memoirs, and…

— Jerry B. Jenkins

Never read a book that is not a year old.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

For a very long time, I wrote a book a year, and was eager and willing to do it, to put bread on the…

— Jan Karon

It usually takes me a year to do a book. A year or eighteen months.

— Doris Lessing

Some people take 10 years to write a book and some can do one in under a year.

— David Baldacci

“A Helping Paw has been placed as Finalist in the 2019 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards”

— Allan Gilmour

“The revisiting of an especially admired or loved book can become, perhaps, a five-year ritual, marking the passage of time in your life, helping…

— Ella Berthoud & Susan Elderkin

If you plan to read one book this year I encourage you to consider, Find Your Reason to Be Here.

— Jed Diamond

“I am a bestselling author”, rather than “I will write a book next year.” Second,”

— James Thompson

The best book of the year, Grobel's writing is quite marvelous. The Hustons reads vividly, just like one of John Huston's great films.

— J. P. Donleavy

To have been able to write the books I wanted to write, on demanding subjects like war and the history of psychiatry, and for…

— Sebastian Faulks

The three practical rules, then, which I have to offer, are, --/ Never read a book that is not a year old./ Never read…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

I reckon I can count on 30 more writing years, averaging a book a year (I can't keep up the 2-2.5 a year I…

— Charles Stross

Because I write a book a year, I always want to do one other project every year that's stimulating in a different way. It…

— Denise Mina