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“Readers will be swept up by the drama and fast pace of this powerful debut novel.” Reading Today Online, International Reading Association”

— Sharon Lovejoy

I look for two things when I am about to launch into a book. First, there has to be a dramatic arc to the…

— David Maraniss

Any debut novel is usually a case of spitting into the wind - or, just maybe, casting your bread upon the waters. Without an…

— Paul Di Filippo

There's that lovely thing for the first month or two of writing a new book: OK, I don't know what that character's going to…

— Terry Pratchett

“The most exciting part of writing a novel is when the characters take control of the story”

— Brandt Legg

“the starting place for any powerful story must be the author himself. If a story doesn’t resonate first and foremost with you, why believe…

— K.M. Weiland

A novel is a performance you have to plan.

— John Darnielle

“A novel in progress doesn't have a clear, forward process. It’s messy, like a beloved, balky child.”

— Kay Kenyon

There is something incomparably thrilling in first opening a brand new book.

— Evelyn Waugh

A first novel should be brash and ambitious, and announce the arrival of a new talent.

— Stuart Woods

“To write an excellent novel, make the outcome of the story matter to the reader through the evolving relationships between well-designed characters.”

— Martin Sandforth

I would imagine that anyone picking up a book written by me would expect a fast-paced story that requires minimal effort to turn the…

— Ashwin Sanghi