Janelle Brown
The stories. I get to read great books and call it work. I get to meet amazing authors. I get to spend my days immersed in stories, and what could possibly be greater than that? Books are my greatest love (ok, my greatest non-human love) and I get to spend my life surrounded by them, thinking about them, writing them -- and engaging with readers who feel the same way about the stories *I* am tellling. If that’s not amazing I don’t know what is.
Another great thing about being a writer: The lifestyle. I take my laptop to cafes and bars and sit there with writer friends (who are also writing) and actually do my job like that Thinking, writing, chatting, drinking coffee, watching the world go by. The hours are great, too – there’s no way I could write for 8 or 9 hours a day, so I top out at 5 or 6, outside of occasional, superhuman days when I’m running up close to my deadline. That means that I’m done with writing most days by 4pm and am able to spend the rest of the time with my kids.
Another great thing about being a writer: The lifestyle. I take my laptop to cafes and bars and sit there with writer friends (who are also writing) and actually do my job like that Thinking, writing, chatting, drinking coffee, watching the world go by. The hours are great, too – there’s no way I could write for 8 or 9 hours a day, so I top out at 5 or 6, outside of occasional, superhuman days when I’m running up close to my deadline. That means that I’m done with writing most days by 4pm and am able to spend the rest of the time with my kids.
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I just finished Pretty Things, WOW!! could not put this book down, first of your books that I have read, now your other books are on my to read list. Love the twists and turns that kept coming at me. Thanks so much, I read this through NetGalley. Are you working on your next book?
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