Part-time Novelist Gifts

"If I were writing fulltime, I'd have three unpublished novels by now."

I should be a writer when I grow up...

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

"When I grow up, I'm writing the Great American App."

"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."

The DaVinci Code

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

Reading my Critics

Something Wilted This Way Comes.

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

Jean-Paul Sartre

Kid in time-out writes 'it was the best of time out...'

Honoré de Balzac

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

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

John Bunyan

Duke of Clarence (Later William IV) Promenading with Family

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

"I know its hard to believe right now, Lawrence, but some day you'll thank me for asking you to punctuate your sentences correctly."

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

Sue the Author 3PM

Great works I plan to complete during the lockdown.

Murder in Apartment 6-K

Trilby - 'Je prong!'

Iris Murdoch

"Author does not do tricks."