Starting A New Novel Gifts

"January 11. Still struggling with the novel. Chopped more firewood."

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

"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.

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

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

"You're going to hate yourself."

Producer, Director and Novelizer.

Sherlock Holmes selling Sherlock Holmes.

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

First Novels.

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

Something Wilted This Way Comes.

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

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

King Henry and his Cheshire bride

Television Readers.

"My novel is not a doorstop!"

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

The Quack Quack Diaries: Quack Quack Writes A Novel

Gen-Next Library

John Bunyan

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

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

Characters jumping out of a book.

'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."

Iris Murdoch

Updated Classis: Alice Through the You Tube.

Illustration from an Unpublished Novel

A woman with a novel and poetry handbag.

"Harry Potter and the People Who Care Way Too Much About Harry Potter"

'Uh, Dad - My wife thinks she and I should have a mountain of our own.'

Great works I plan to complete during the lockdown.