What, Why, How: Marcy Dermansky

What:

I write fiction: three novels so far and short stories. I have written the occasional essay but mainly that isn’t what I do. My newest novel The Red Car recently came out in paperback. I am also the author of Bad Marie, which is how Linda first found me, and Twins.

And I keep a journal, which is a combination of the stereotypical what is my life kind of writing, lists of things that I need to do that day, and the occasional sketches. I like the sketching part, which, of course, is not w...