David Bergen
David Bergen
David Bergenis a Canadian novelist from Winnipeg, Manitoba. He has published eight novels and one collection of short stories since 1993. His most recent novel, Leaving Tomorrow, was published in September 2014...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth14 January 1957
CountryCanada
chance dive ignore moved sort voices
When I get moved to write a story, I don't question the story. I dive right in, and I try to ignore the voices that are chattering away at me: 'You can't do that', 'You shouldn't do that'. I just sort of leap and take a chance and go for it.
envision might sort unless
I think a construction project for me is like writing a novel. I can't do the project unless I can envision sort of the whole structure and see what the end result might be.
arrive books box push realize shoulder tend whatever
I tend to push whatever is looking over my shoulder away when I am writing. It's once the box of books arrive that I say I'm going to be pilloried for this or that. But then you realize it's done, and there is nothing I can do. I'm proud of the book.
church civil couples perform unions
We at this church will not perform the civil unions of same-sex couples because it would be un-Biblical to do so.
early feeling lifts morning outline perhaps reveals similar
For me, when I 'discover' a story, there is a feeling of buoyancy and clarity, perhaps similar to early morning out on a prairie highway, when darkness lifts and reveals the outline of farmhouses and copses of trees in the distance.
somehow
I always have a book that I use that somehow inspires my novels.
books sports though
Though I loved books as a young boy, I loved sports even more. I wanted to be a quarterback in the CFL.
good last
You are only as good as your last book, and so there has to be a book.
continue general great
Books in general are great, but I'm a fiction lover, and I will continue to do it.
failure trial
Failure is essential. Trial and error is necessary.
age decided published
At the age of twenty, having published nothing and having had little guidance in my reading, I decided that I wanted to write.
book writing mean
It's somewhat of a contradiction, .. I guess the quieter the voice, the more necessary it is to push it. It's not going to leap out at you and scream. I also can't control how a book is marketed. To say the book marketing is aggressive, fine, I'm happy with that. Push the book. That doesn't mean that my personality or writing style changes.
journey lucky three
Way back in 1989, I got lucky with my first published story when it was selected for the Journey Prize anthology. Then I got lucky three more times. It is astounding to see how many writers published in the anthology have gone on to publish great story collections and novels. The anthology is a windfall for both writer and reader.
except liked numerous sent stories time wrote
The story wrote quickly. I called it 'Where You're From,' and I sent it out, as I had numerous other stories over the years. Except this time I got a letter back saying that it would be published. Someone out there had liked the story. I was thirty-one years old.