Ten Questions

“Much of the book I had no recollection of writing, and it was strange to be confronted with what I’d done, as though I was getting access to parts of my mind I hadn’t known existed.” —Nina MacLaughlin, author of Wake, Siren

“Read like your work depends on it. It does.” —Adrienne Brodeur, author of Wild Game

“Maybe we are all just a bit frazzled with the state of the world today, but it’s not always easy to sit and focus. When I do find time to write, it’s like I’m back to myself. I’m back home.” —Kimberly Reyes, author of Running to Stand Still 

“I had made a bargain with myself that if I lived, I would give a book of what I learned back to the world in return—an act of gratitude and sometimes vengeance—and I made it.” —Anne Boyer, author of The Undying

“Sometimes the discourse on disability infringes on my imagination.” —Jillian Weise, author of Cyborg Detective

“I ride a commuter train forty minutes each way to work. That’s when I write. Having to come to the page twice a day for short bursts gets me writing very fast; there’s very little wasted time. I’ve never been so productive in my life.” — Jonathan Vatner, author of Carnegie Hill

“Crucial to writing the book was the panic I started feeling about halfway through.” —Jana Prikryl, author of No Matter

“I have never before written something where the primary challenge was not one of craft or character or structure but rather of emotion.” —Helen Phillips, author of The Need

“Let people read your work, and listen to what they say about it.” —Caite Dolan-Leach, author of We Went to the Woods