I actually pushed the boundaries on how long a book like this [The Thorn and the Blossom] can be. The original plan called for two 7,500 word stories, and I turned in two 10,000 word stories.
Learn as much as you can. Take every opportunity to learn about writing, whether it’s through classes, workshops, whatever is available to you. This … - Theodora Goss
Learn as much as you can. Take every opportunity to learn about writing, whether it’s through classes, workshops, whatever is available to you. This …
- Theodora Goss
I put that part of myself into both Brendan and Evelyn [from The Thorn and the Blossom] - as well as some of my own anxieties about the academic life! - Theodora Goss
I put that part of myself into both Brendan and Evelyn [from The Thorn and the Blossom] - as well as some of my own anxieties about the academic life!
What writers do - everything comes from inside, from experiences of the world that we have digested. And then we turn it into silk, or stories. - Theodora Goss
What writers do - everything comes from inside, from experiences of the world that we have digested. And then we turn it into silk, or stories.
It's appropriate to have magic in a love story, because magic is a sort of metaphor for what love feels like? When we fall in love, the world feels m… - Theodora Goss
It's appropriate to have magic in a love story, because magic is a sort of metaphor for what love feels like? When we fall in love, the world feels m…
I've heard some readers saying they wished the story was longer, and I completely understand that desire - we all like to sink into a nice, long nove… - Theodora Goss
I've heard some readers saying they wished the story was longer, and I completely understand that desire - we all like to sink into a nice, long nove…
I think part of my purpose in this life is to talk about magic, and to make it. - Theodora Goss
I think part of my purpose in this life is to talk about magic, and to make it.
Perhaps it’s when you come to the realization that the point of life isn’t to be rich, or secure, or even to be loved - to be any of the things that … - Theodora Goss
Perhaps it’s when you come to the realization that the point of life isn’t to be rich, or secure, or even to be loved - to be any of the things that …
Write all the time. I believe in writing every day, at least a thousand words a day. We have a strange idea about writing: that it can be done, and d… - Theodora Goss
Write all the time. I believe in writing every day, at least a thousand words a day. We have a strange idea about writing: that it can be done, and d…
If you’re a writer, your first duty, a duty you owe to yourself and your readers, and to your writing itself, is to become wonderful. To become the b… - Theodora Goss
If you’re a writer, your first duty, a duty you owe to yourself and your readers, and to your writing itself, is to become wonderful. To become the b…
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