Ten Questions for Nicolás Medina Mora
“The task of the novelist, I think, consists of treating life as a research project.” —Nicolás Medina Mora
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“The task of the novelist, I think, consists of treating life as a research project.” —Nicolás Medina Mora
“I don’t hold myself to a rigid writing schedule but instead listen to my mind, body, and heart and write accordingly.” —Alison C. Rollins, author of Black Bell
“Above all, be brave!” —Sheila Carter-Jones, author of Every Hard Sweetness
The author of Short War ponders the ways research can deepen a fiction project—and how to know when enough is enough.
“Get ready for about fifteen drafts.” —Garrard Conley, author of All the World Beside
“Trust yourself; if you can manage that, the writing will come.” —Heather McCalden, author of The Observable Universe: An Investigation
“The computer I write on is never allowed to go online.” —Margot Livesey, author of The Road From Belhaven
“By the time I finished I actually felt that the topic had chosen me.” —Erika Howsare, author of The Age of Deer: Trouble and Kinship With Our Wild Neighbors
“Look for the agents and editors who share your vision for the work and trust them.” —Jennifer Savran Kelly, author of Endpapers
“Writing kept me grounded, but it also reopened some wounds.” —Melissa Rivero, author of Flores and Miss Paula