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Although no one loves a typo, it's close to impossible to eradicate every single little mistake in a manuscript.

~Chris Pavone

Topics: Although Close Eradicate Every Impossible Little Loves Manuscript Mistake Single

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Before I wrote my first novel, 'The Expats,' I spent nearly two decades at various arms of publishing houses such as Random House, Workman, and HarperCollins, mostly as an acquisitions editor. But a more accurate title for that job might be rejection editor: while I acquired maybe a dozen projects per year, I'd reject hundreds upon hundreds.

~Chris Pavone

Topics: Accurate Acquired Acquisitions Arms Before Decades Dozen Editor First House Houses Hundreds Job Maybe Might More Mostly Nearly Novel Per Projects Publishing Random Reject Rejection Spent Title Two Various While Workman Wrote Year

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Whatever's good about your book should be good on page 1, or very few editors are going to get to page 2.

~Chris Pavone

Topics: About Book Editors Few Get Going Good Page Should Very Whatever Your

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I'm concerned, as I guess all middle-aged people are, about the younger generations' level of literacy.

~Chris Pavone

Topics: About Concerned Generations Guess Level Literacy Middle-Aged People Younger

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I use an e-reader when I'm traveling: I love carrying dozens of books on a small lightweight device, and I'm still amazed every time I purchase and immediately start reading a new title without leaving my hotel room - in another country!

~Chris Pavone

Topics: Amazed Another Books Carrying Country Device Dozens Every Every Time Hotel Hotel Room Immediately Leaving Lightweight Love New Purchase Reading Room Small Start Still Time Title Traveling Use Without I Love

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At home, I tend to read print, and most of the time, that means recently released hardcover novels. I enjoy the feel of paper and board; I like turning pages, dog-earing my spot, jotting notes in the back.

~Chris Pavone

Topics: Back Board Enjoy Feel Home Like Means Most Notes Novels Pages Paper Print Read Recently Released Spot Tend Time Turning

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I give tremendous weight to my positive reviews and none whatsoever to my negative ones.

~Chris Pavone

Topics: Give Negative None Positive Reviews Tremendous Weight Whatsoever

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I always wanted to write. But honestly I'm glad I didn't do it back when I was twenty-five or so, when it's now clear to me that I was a very poor writer and could've ruined my career before it even started.

~Chris Pavone

Topics: Always Back Before Career Clear Even Glad Honestly Me Now Poor Ruined Started Twenty-Five Very Wanted Write Writer

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As an unpublished, nonprofessional writer working on my first novel, I nevertheless had access to extremely talented people who would help make my manuscript better, people who've made careers out of providing careful, constructive criticism to writers. I'm tremendously grateful to them.

~Chris Pavone

Topics: Access Better Careers Careful Constructive Constructive Criticism Criticism Extremely First Grateful Had Help Made Make Manuscript Nevertheless Novel Out People Providing Talented Talented People Them Tremendously Who Working Would Writer Writers

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Having 'The Expats' not be 'wholesale-y' rejected by the world made it possible for me to write the second book and have a publisher buy it before it was entirely written. And it made it easier for me and my publisher to get 'The Accident' out into the world without trying to convince people to pay attention to it the way you do for a first novel.

~Chris Pavone

Topics: Accident Attention Before Book Buy Convince Easier Entirely First Get Having Made Me Novel Out Pay Pay Attention People Possible Publisher Rejected Second Trying Way Without World Write Written You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Novelist

Born: July 23rd, 1968

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