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Tony Earley

American Novelist

Born: 1961

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The stories in 'Jim the Boy' are either made up or appropriated from some source other than my family. But the idea of a family telling stories to the kid, often to impart some kind of lesson, that's very familiar, and that's the way that I grew up. Tony Earley

The writing is the first thing that goes when I get a little down. Just like... in terms of how I feel, it's like the writing is in the top five percent, and then that's the first part that gets shaved off, and I start down a little bit. Tony Earley

Writing First Down Top Bit Percent Part Feel Like Terms Shaved First Thing How Off Five Get Goes Gets The First Thing Just Little Little Bit Then Thing Start

I come from a long line of serial embellishers. Sometimes a good story's got a ghost in it; sometimes a panther chases my Uncle Bill and Fred Price home from a coon hunt. Tony Earley

Good Home Sometimes Long Uncle Panther Ghost Hunt Fred Long Line Price Come Got Line Story Bill Serial

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