Writing journal
Notes from the desk
Essays on craft, the reading life and what happens between books.
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Writing the Third Book Is Nothing Like Writing the First
PLACEHOLDER — Everything I learned finishing my debut turned out to be useless the third time around. Here is what actually carried over.
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Notes from a Year on the Book Club Circuit
PLACEHOLDER — Forty living rooms, three libraries and one church basement later, here is what readers actually want to talk about.
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The Morning Hours Belong to the Work
PLACEHOLDER — On the discipline of writing before the day has a chance to make other plans for you.
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Why I Still Write the First Draft Longhand
PLACEHOLDER — A stubborn habit, an argument for slowness, and three notebooks I refuse to replace.
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