June 25, 2009

"The physical act of writing a novel takes a long time..."

John Scalzi on "why new novelists are kinda old."

Posted by Dr. Frank at June 25, 2009 01:46 AM | TrackBack
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Yeah, I like blogger/literary agent Nathan Bransford's advice too: "Rework your novel. You've already reworked it? Rework it again." http://nathanbransford.blogspot.com/

Posted by: Nate Pensky at June 25, 2009 04:02 AM

Raymond Chandler was like 50 when his first (The Big Sleep) was published...but, wow...there hasn't been a mystery novel in history that's been better.

Posted by: David at June 30, 2009 10:11 PM
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