Tatiana de Rosnay Quotes

The opening lines of a book are so important. You really need to somehow charm your reader. If you can't get her attention in the first pages, you may have lost her. There has to be an ambience.

Tatiana de Rosnay

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  Tatiana de Rosnay
  • Important
  • May
  • Book