As a writer, I'm always aware of the fact that there are so many books out there.
From David Bergen
You are only as good as your last book, and so there has to be a book.
I think my writing was certainly shaped from having lived in a place like Niverville as well as by the family that I came from, the religion that I had, that type of thing.
I may not have written the stories that I've written if I hadn't ended up in Niverville. I don't know; I don't know. How can you know?
Every year, the Giller jury is different. You write the best book you can and throw it out there.
Though I loved books as a young boy, I loved sports even more. I wanted to be a quarterback in the CFL.
I was a big reader of Zane Grey as a young boy, and so horses and the West figured large in my imagination.
I like characters who are contradictory.
A mentor, a 'teacher,' is like an editor. I absolutely value my editor, who is my teacher.
I usually submit a novel at a certain number of words, and when I've finished working with my editor, the novel is longer than when I submitted it. I need my editor to help me open up the story.
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