About Quote by Karen Russell

I remember when I was in graduate school and someone in workshop would say, 'I'm going to bring in a chapter of my novel.'…

— Susan Minot

Every book has got its challenges. You run into a plot point that you can't figure out, or a scene that you struggle to…

— Justin Cronin

Don't write the book you think publishers want to commission. Plenty of other writers will be doing the same thing.

— Louise Brown

The important thing about any book is that you have to have a good story and that it has to be exciting. Then it's…

— Jonathan Stroud

I believe a novel should be as complicated and involved as you're capable of making it.

— John Irving

With the novels, I try to write a few pages a day - it doesn't sound much, but it can be difficult if I'm…

— Catherine Fisher

When I write a book I'm always questioning the project as a whole. I always feel I might have to just throw it away…

— Daniel Kehlmann

What to do Before Your Book Launch is the new invaluable tool for writers. There is so much to know and now it’s all…

— Julie Klam

Chapter books are often written in series and kids have come to expect that they'll come out once a year, so publishers want to…

— Carson Ellis

I think my biggest problem, though, at least in drafts, is not repeating myself. After eight books I get worried that a character or…

— Sarah Dessen

It's hard enough to make a novel a novel. I wouldn't know how to make it something else at the same time

— Matthew Specktor

I've realized that with each novel I seem to set out a kind of puzzle for myself. And I am never sure in the…

— Laurie Foos