Author Archives: Andrew Roe

“It’s tougher to be a young writer today than when I was a young writer. I don’t think my first novel would have been published today as I submitted it. I don’t think an editor would have read 50 pages … Continue reading →

Henry: “Can I tell you a story, Daddy?”Me: “Sure.”Henry: “Three little pigs.”(Pause.)Me: “Is that the story?”Henry: “Yes. The end.”

(Instrumental outtake from Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.)

Yesterday I did something stupid. During the day, I’d worked on my novel for about two hours. Not a huge amount of work was done, but I made a fair amount of changes and revisions, which I felt halfway OK … Continue reading →