Sara Borkowski asked Gabrielle Zevin:

Of your books, which was the most fun to write?

Gabrielle Zevin Is there such a thing as a book that is fun to write? It's possible that I have been doing it wrong! Seriously, I am trying to remember if I have ever had fun while writing a book. When it's going well, I definitely feel a sense of intense engagement and there's nothing else I would rather be doing. I feel eager to write in the morning and eager to grapple with the problems of the novel at hand. When I think I have done a good job solving the problems, I feel proud and sometimes satisfied. I have occasionally felt pleasure at a phrase I think is particularly precise or an insight I think is original. But fun... FUN. Maybe I am not a "fun" person? Even when I was a little kid, I never really understood, for instance, recess. That said, I think the novel I felt the most satisfied while I was working on it is the one I just finished, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, which will be published in July. ALSO, there are parts of the publishing process that can be fun -- I enjoy the reveal of the cover (though this can occasionally be fraught); I enjoy conversations with a smart editor. Thank you for this question! (I think I had fun answering it, but I'm not sure.)

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