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Look, I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again—the worst part of writing books is how often you have to fight to protect the integrity of the work, over

Popping back in to kick a hornet’s nest My novels will not be submitted for the Women’s Prize. Their origin story is that men were excluding them w/the Booker,

Holy shit. I just got a huge ER bill knocked down by SEVENTY PERCENT because I listened to a Tumblr post that said to call and tell them you can't

My God. Six books in and I'm still astonished at how fucking slow writing is. G L A C I A L At this point, I keep doing it because

Man, so a lot of authors are isolated and scared and worried about their careers right now. Doing this work often feels precarious on a good day, let alone now.