I think what tends to embarrass me most is how much I struggle at the little things that seem to come so easily to most people, mainly involving routine and self-care. It's hard for me to do things like cook a meal, not be in a constant apocalyptically late rush everywhere I go, to put something back when I'm finished with it. I seem to be hardwired for chaos and disorganization.
With surgical insight, Inside Madeline delves into the most complex female territory imaginable and dissects until every honest bone is revealed. Bom… - Alissa Nutting
With surgical insight, Inside Madeline delves into the most complex female territory imaginable and dissects until every honest bone is revealed. Bom…
- Alissa Nutting
It's a challenge of to write a narrator who is doing something that is really unlikeable and morally questionable. A lot of times, you read a book be… - Alissa Nutting
It's a challenge of to write a narrator who is doing something that is really unlikeable and morally questionable. A lot of times, you read a book be…
It was just such a complete shock to turn on the news one day and see someone that you know, someone you have passed in the halls of your high school… - Alissa Nutting
It was just such a complete shock to turn on the news one day and see someone that you know, someone you have passed in the halls of your high school…
I really want readers to put themselves into the shoes of each character. So the opening lines are an orienting technique: this is where you are, thi… - Alissa Nutting
I really want readers to put themselves into the shoes of each character. So the opening lines are an orienting technique: this is where you are, thi…
exercise will never be my lover. Or even my friend. For me, a workout is more like an annoying coworker I have to see a few times a week. - Alissa Nutting
exercise will never be my lover. Or even my friend. For me, a workout is more like an annoying coworker I have to see a few times a week.
Luckily I'm on prescription drugs that prevent me from worrying about anything too much. - Alissa Nutting
Luckily I'm on prescription drugs that prevent me from worrying about anything too much.
I've seen men in $5,000 suits urinate in public fountains here. Las Vegas is the best place on earth. - Alissa Nutting
I've seen men in $5,000 suits urinate in public fountains here. Las Vegas is the best place on earth.
For many years I wrote nothing but "I will not sleep with Steve Almond" over and over again, page after page à la Jack Torrance in The Shining. Final… - Alissa Nutting
For many years I wrote nothing but "I will not sleep with Steve Almond" over and over again, page after page à la Jack Torrance in The Shining. Final…
During my MFA, I was lucky to be surrounded by a really supportive group of peers. And now I get feedback pretty exclusively from freaks only. - Alissa Nutting
During my MFA, I was lucky to be surrounded by a really supportive group of peers. And now I get feedback pretty exclusively from freaks only.
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