Novelist In Hiding Gifts

"If this piece of paper lands in that trash basket, I'll quit teaching, move to the country, write my novel, and never grade another math quiz ever again." "Let's see, six right, four wrong..."

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."

"Meet The Author"

"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."

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

The DaVinci Code

Reading my Critics

Something Wilted This Way Comes.

Honoré de Balzac

Jean-Paul Sartre

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

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

John Bunyan

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

"I try to write a little bit every day."

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

Duke of Clarence (Later William IV) Promenading with Family

'Listen up, Baskerville! This is MacDonald! Those hounds of yours are scaring the E-I-E-I-O out of my animals!'

Trilby - 'Je prong!'

'Dad's bedtime story was decent, but the special effects were non-existent.'

"Author does not do tricks."

Great works I plan to complete during the lockdown.

Sue the Author 3PM

Murder in Apartment 6-K

Iris Murdoch

'As a famous writer, could you do something to help jumpstart my career?'

It was my story. A murder mystery. A who-done-it-and-got-away-with-it-until-he-wrote-about-it.