Nina Sankovitch, Author at Women Writers, Women's Books https://booksbywomen.org/author/tolstoypurple/ Thu, 02 Apr 2020 11:03:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 Preparing to Write a Book is like Preparing to Cross An Ocean Alone https://booksbywomen.org/preparing-to-write-a-book-is-like-preparing-to-cross-an-ocean-alone/ https://booksbywomen.org/preparing-to-write-a-book-is-like-preparing-to-cross-an-ocean-alone/#respond Mon, 13 Apr 2020 18:52:20 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=30354 I have written four books of nonfiction and a number of novels. For every book that I write, before I even start to write, I follow the same routine to prepare for the task ahead. My routine is an immersive process of research, organization, and outlining that gives me everything I need to begin writing […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/a-treasure-of-letters-by-nina-sankovitch/feed/ 3 11157 My Magical Year of Reading and How it Led to Writing a Book https://booksbywomen.org/my-magical-year-of-reading-and-how-it-led-to-writing-by-nina-sankovitch/ https://booksbywomen.org/my-magical-year-of-reading-and-how-it-led-to-writing-by-nina-sankovitch/#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2011 11:55:56 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=564 From October 2008 through October 2009, I read a book a day. My memoir about this year of reading – and a lifetime of reading — is entitled Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading.“Tolstoy” because I read his last novel during my year of reading; “Purple Chair” because I did a lot […]

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