Ask the Author: Terese Svoboda

“Dog on Fire was inspired by my brother's mysterious death in the 90s. Four months after the book was published, I found out why it was so mysterious.” Terese Svoboda

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Terese Svoboda from my epileptic brother's mysterious death.
Terese Svoboda I'm rarely inspired. I just write.
Terese Svoboda two novels, one about a harem in Libya and the other about a fairytale goose and climate change.
Terese Svoboda Grace Paley told me: low rent.
Terese Svoboda The process of revision. Seeing change, if not improvement. The story of surprise, the forgiveness of a phrase.
Terese Svoboda I never have it. Writing is like breathing for me. I accept whatever appears because I know I can revise.
Terese Svoboda Ernest Hemmingway's baby shoes screwed onto his corpse. (that's one sentence!)
Terese Svoboda Pukapuka, the furthest flung Polynesian island occupied by 100 people who have elected one person to decide on what TV station to watch. I want to see what they choose.
Terese Svoboda Latasha Nevada Digg's Village, Optic Subwoof by Doug Kearney, Molly Giles' Home for Unwed Husbands, and Fat Time by Jeffrey Renard Allen
Terese Svoboda Where did Uncle Edward put the will? $69M went to a lawyer who headed a foundation for crippled race horses.

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