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Marcy Dermansky

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Marcy Dermansky is the author of the critically acclaimed novels Hurricane Girl, Very Nice, The Red Car, Bad Marie and Twins. Her new novel Hot Air will be released in the spring of 2025.

Marcy has received fellowships from MacDowell and The Edward Albee Foundation. She lives in Montclair, New Jersey with her daughter.


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Marcy Dermansky I have two different methods. One is having an assigned writing time. I turn off the Internet and remain in my chair for the amount of time I predeter…moreI have two different methods. One is having an assigned writing time. I turn off the Internet and remain in my chair for the amount of time I predetermine and usually that works. I start typing.

My other method is to wait until I feel really terrible. Let a month pass, or longer, and then, eventually, I begin again because it is the only way to stop feeling terrible. I do not recommend this method. (less)
Marcy Dermansky Sometimes, when I get truly pissed off at myself for not writing, I feel finally inspired to write.

That is the plain truth. I rarely feel inspired, ra…more
Sometimes, when I get truly pissed off at myself for not writing, I feel finally inspired to write.

That is the plain truth. I rarely feel inspired, rarely catch an idea as if it is coming straight from a rainbow, but when I am actually writing, I realize how much I love doing it. The inspiration comes only when I am in the process of doing it, when the write word comes, the right idea, a new character, a line of dialogue. Even answering this question, I realize that I love to write. I wish I did it more. I don't think anyone should wait for inspiration.



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Hurricane Girl

3.64 avg rating — 7,245 ratings — published 2022 — 6 editions
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Very Nice

3.23 avg rating — 7,614 ratings — published 2019 — 20 editions
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3.74 avg rating — 3,931 ratings — published 2013 — 7 editions
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The Red Car

3.44 avg rating — 3,107 ratings — published 2016 — 8 editions
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Hot Air

3.17 avg rating — 3,168 ratings — published 2025 — 4 editions
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Bad Marie

3.58 avg rating — 2,569 ratings — published 2010 — 7 editions
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Twins

3.76 avg rating — 929 ratings — published 2005 — 12 editions
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I asked myself a question today on Goodreads and then I answered it. I also discovered that a reader had asked me a question, except that it wasn't a question. It was praise. I love that. I answered her question, even though technically it wasn't a question.

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“While I was not entirely satisfied with the circumstances of my existence, I felt like the possibility of improvement still existed. That I could make happiness happen.”
Marcy Dermansky, The Red Car

“And that is one of the problems of your generation. All sex. No romance. No love.”
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“I was brand-new in San Francisco, right out of college, and I thought it was thrilling, a guy buying me a drink. I didn’t think, how tacky, this creep is buying me a drink. I thought, how amazing, I put on lipstick and a short skirt and look what can happen.”
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“And that is one of the problems of your generation. All sex. No romance. No love.”
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“While I was not entirely satisfied with the circumstances of my existence, I felt like the possibility of improvement still existed. That I could make happiness happen.”
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“I was brand-new in San Francisco, right out of college, and I thought it was thrilling, a guy buying me a drink. I didn’t think, how tacky, this creep is buying me a drink. I thought, how amazing, I put on lipstick and a short skirt and look what can happen.”
Marcy Dermansky, The Red Car

“Judy shook her head when she saw me the next day, dressed in the same clothes I had worn to work the day before. “We used to call that the walk of shame,” she said.”
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