The Author
Again, in May 2006, Tana di Volpe and her author have been included in the prestigiuos sardinian literature "In presenza di tutte le lingue del mondo" by university professor Giuseppe Marci. This textbook is published by the university publisher CUEC.
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One of the most difficult things is the first paragraph. I have spent many months on a first paragraph and once I get it, the rest just comes out very easily. In the first paragraph you solve most of the problems with your book. The theme is defined, the style, the tone. At least in my case, the first paragraph is a kind of sample of what the rest of the book is going to be. That’s why writing a book of short stories is much more difficult than writing a novel. Every time you write a short story, you have to begin all over again.
-- Gabriel García Márquez
I don’t ask writers about their work habits. I really don’t care. Joyce Carol Oates says somewhere that when writers ask each other what time they start working and when they finish and how much time they take for lunch, they’re actually trying to find out, “Is he as crazy as I am?” I don’t need that question answered.
-- Philip Roth, 1971
You must keep sending work out; you must never let a manuscript do nothing but eat its head off in a drawer. You send that work out again and again, while you're working on another one. If you have talent, you will receive some measure of success - but only if you persist.
- Isaac Asimov
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The Great Mountain
Which does not need any introduction. The Gennargentu (1834 m) is not far away from Villanova Strisaili. Admire it below in a most beautiful collectors picture.
(Thanks to the Rev Father Pietro Vinante - Copyright)
