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Every novel, and every note from the desk

The Novels

From the Desk

How I Wrote the Hardest Chapter

Nine drafts, one abandoned narrator and a winter of walking: how the middle of a novel almost defeated…

On Writing Marriages That Feel Real

Long partnerships are made of glances, not speeches. Notes on writing the quiet negotiations that hold two people…

Five Books That Shaped My Voice

The five novels I return to whenever a sentence refuses to behave, and the single lesson each of…

Notes From a Slow Winter of Writing

Some seasons produce pages and some produce patience. A record of the months when the book refused to…