Novel Gifts

Book Lovers in Richmond

"Too bad about old Ainsworth. Published and published, but perished all the same."

For his next book, he would write an epic novel of the sea.

"You're going to hate yourself."

"Bah, I could've written a better dénouement in my sleep."

Producer, Director and Novelizer.

"Meet The Author"

Victor Hugo

Sherlock Holmes selling Sherlock Holmes.

The DaVinci Code

'So you want an advance on your writer's block?'

"Russ had a novel published two hours ago and has a children's book coming out in 20 minutes."

"I was going to chuck it all and go to Paris but I didn't have enough frequent-flier miles."

First Novels.

Reading my Critics

Something Wilted This Way Comes.

Bank Loan Dept. Personal Business. Uh-oh, some loans have gone bad! A tennis pro defaulted and a novelist is in Chapter 7. The bed linens company folded and the scuba school went under! Are any of our loans still good? Yeah, the music streaming service is totally sound! And ironically, the lighting company is in the black!

Television Readers.

King Henry and his Cheshire bride

Jean-Paul Sartre

"No writers were harmed or mistreated in the preparation of this story."

Honoré de Balzac

"My novel is not a doorstop!"

'The C minus was sufficient. I didn't need the advice against hiring a literary agent.'

The writer: something who devotes a lifetime of solitude to the same of communication.

"It turns out everyone here is self-published."

Gen-Next Library

The Quack Quack Diaries: Quack Quack Writes A Novel

John Bunyan

Characters jumping out of a book.

"So the white whale was really just a metaphor for your mother's lack of affection?"

'I have a best selling novel on the tip of my tongue...'

Duke of Clarence (Later William IV) Promenading with Family

Murder in Apartment 6-K

Iris Murdoch