Your basic, well-made novel by Ian McEwan or Jonathan Franzen just bores me silly.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
A novel is a big thing. It's difficult to hold the whole story in your mind, especially when you've finished a first draft and are still giddy from the flow of creative juices.
If you like my novels, I commend your good taste.
Books in general are great, but I'm a fiction lover, and I will continue to do it.
I've summarized dozens of books in my literary career; it's become rather second nature.
I think you get so wrapped up in the book you're currently writing, it's hard to think about anything else. But I know as soon as I'm done with this book, I'll move on to something else.
Fantasy novels, I don't really gravitate to that part of the bookstore.
A novel is a great act of passion and intellect, carpentry and largess. From the very beginning, I wrote to explain my own life to myself, and I invited readers who chose to make the journey with me to join me on the high wire.
Today I began the novel that I determined to be great.
Fiction novels, that's my game.
I always have a book that I use that somehow inspires my novels.