Until I became a nurse, no one had ever asked me to sign a book contract. I had been writing for decades, read thousands of books, and even worked in publishing for 10 years. Who knew that nursing would be my break?
Being with a small publisher has been huge. They bat for me for everything. - Steven Amsterdam
Being with a small publisher has been huge. They bat for me for everything.
- Steven Amsterdam
Fiction demands structures and recognizable shapes. Big surprises only draw attention to the writer's hand. - Steven Amsterdam
Fiction demands structures and recognizable shapes. Big surprises only draw attention to the writer's hand.
I could imagine that a character could do almost anything at any time, and that was the freedom of the whole thing. But keeping track of what was pla… - Steven Amsterdam
I could imagine that a character could do almost anything at any time, and that was the freedom of the whole thing. But keeping track of what was pla…
A story is built on characters and reasons. - Steven Amsterdam
A story is built on characters and reasons.
Until I became a nurse, no one had ever asked me to sign a book contract. I had been writing for decades, read thousands of books, and even worked in… - Steven Amsterdam
Until I became a nurse, no one had ever asked me to sign a book contract. I had been writing for decades, read thousands of books, and even worked in…
I'm never going to write a whole paragraph describing what a living room looks like. - Steven Amsterdam
I'm never going to write a whole paragraph describing what a living room looks like.
I've always thought flight was fun and wanted to write about flight, and I knew a lot of househusbands who were having a really bad time with it. I t… - Steven Amsterdam
I've always thought flight was fun and wanted to write about flight, and I knew a lot of househusbands who were having a really bad time with it. I t…
The better we are at accepting the limits of our world, the more easily we can embrace what we have. - Steven Amsterdam
The better we are at accepting the limits of our world, the more easily we can embrace what we have.
Nursing demands vigilance about people. The sights and smells that a patient offers, their movements and their offhand comments all contribute crucia… - Steven Amsterdam
Nursing demands vigilance about people. The sights and smells that a patient offers, their movements and their offhand comments all contribute crucia…
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