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The Quack Quack Diaries: Quack Quack Writes A Novel

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"

Victor Hugo

"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

First Novels.

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

Sherlock Holmes selling Sherlock Holmes.

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!

King Henry and his Cheshire bride

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

Television Readers.

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

Jean-Paul Sartre

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."

John Bunyan

Gen-Next Library

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

Characters jumping out of a book.

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

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

Duke of Clarence (Later William IV) Promenading with Family

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