Tana French (whom I LOVE) on accidentally becoming a writer (from this interview):
My father is an avid reader (which is presumably where I got it from). And my grandma loves to tell stories about how he was always mispronouncing words he’d read in books.
I cried on the subway this morning. This is a beautiful book. Go read it.
I have what you’d call an eclectic taste in books. I’ve read obscure books, trendy books, YA, middle-grade, crime thrillers, memoirs, you name it.
I’m an obsessive reader. I’d rather go without food than without books (for a little while at least). I’ve just recently decided to break into the NA category. While I have positive and negative things to say about all of the books I read, there was something that stood out in nearly all of them that […]
After all, that which we call a rose by any other word would smell as sweet. No offense to Juliet, but I think names are important. When I start writing a story and need to name my characters, one of two things happens:
I saw Les Misérables on Broadway on Saturday. It was my favorite play growing up and I hadn’t seen it in about ten years. I’m happy to report it’s still amazing (in case you were wondering).
I almost stopped reading this book. I’m so glad I didn’t.
In addition to talking about writing in this space, I’m going to talk about reading. Because you really can’t have one without the other.
“I like paintings that make me long to walk into them.” – Pierre-Auguste Renoir
