3 Debut Novelists Reveal How Their First Books Came Together

While reading a debut novel, oftentimes, there exists a momentary thrill of forgetting about craft. Instead, it can feel as if these writers grew up alongside their stories—in parallel lines and lives, naturally accumulating sentences with every inch they grew. There is a tender, literary innocence and a certain freedom from expectation that comes with […] The post 3 Debut Novelists Reveal How Their First Books Came Together appeared first on Electric Literature. Continue reading at 'Electric Literature'

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