Writers have a job to do. Editors do, too. You have to stand ground and cede ground on a case by case basis. When an editor tells me something isn't working and I still believe in it, I tend to think it just isn't working hard enough.
Smart, sharp, and hilarious, Slaughterhouse 90210 is the perfect pick-me-up and never-put-me-down book. - Jami Attenberg
Smart, sharp, and hilarious, Slaughterhouse 90210 is the perfect pick-me-up and never-put-me-down book.
- Jami Attenberg
My last book was speculative. I just don't quite know what I am doing. But I'll get there. I have a list of things I would love to write. - Jami Attenberg
My last book was speculative. I just don't quite know what I am doing. But I'll get there. I have a list of things I would love to write.
And we all get mired in the bullshit, the personality quirks, the personality disorders (ours and everyone else's), the jealousy, the disappointment,… - Jami Attenberg
And we all get mired in the bullshit, the personality quirks, the personality disorders (ours and everyone else's), the jealousy, the disappointment,…
I'd love to be able to write crazy epic plots. I'm working on it. - Jami Attenberg
I'd love to be able to write crazy epic plots. I'm working on it.
I remember being banned from other houses as a younger child during the winter holiday season; I was the only one who didn't believe in Santa Claus, … - Jami Attenberg
I remember being banned from other houses as a younger child during the winter holiday season; I was the only one who didn't believe in Santa Claus, …
What I try very hard to do is have an hour or so in the morning when I leave the house and don't have my phone with me. I'll go sit in a cafe and rea… - Jami Attenberg
What I try very hard to do is have an hour or so in the morning when I leave the house and don't have my phone with me. I'll go sit in a cafe and rea…
I find that short stories are almost like palate cleansers, or brain cleansers. - Jami Attenberg
I find that short stories are almost like palate cleansers, or brain cleansers.
An ellipsis is a giant ocean of possibilities. - Jami Attenberg
An ellipsis is a giant ocean of possibilities.
Maybe just as many women writers as male writers could be billed as the next great American writer by their publisher. Maybe book criticism sections … - Jami Attenberg
Maybe just as many women writers as male writers could be billed as the next great American writer by their publisher. Maybe book criticism sections …
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