Novellas Gifts

"Yo, novella!"

"This place is famous for its short fiction about food."

Dr. Jekyll turns into... Elvis Presley

'Let me guess: you and everyone else?'

"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."

"Meet The Author"

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

Sherlock Holmes selling Sherlock Holmes.

"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."

The DaVinci Code

Victor Hugo

Reading my Critics

Something Wilted This Way Comes.

Television Readers.

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!

Little dog in Romance section in bookstore under sign: 'Puppy Love'

Jean-Paul Sartre

King Henry and his Cheshire bride

"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.'

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

Gen-Next Library

John Bunyan

The Quack Quack Diaries: Quack Quack Writes A Novel

Woman blowing dust off book 'Desert Romance'

'Frank built it himself. The last football will fall through the hourglass 10 seconds before the Super Bowl starts.'

Characters jumping out of a book.

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

Duke of Clarence (Later William IV) Promenading with Family