Jami Attenberg
Jami Attenberg
years idiot
I smoked for many years like a total idiot.
book iphone storm
My laptop broke and because of the storm I could not get a new one. And so I've been promoting my book via iPhone.
character structure channeling
I'm not that much of a researcher. I'm good at channeling characters, and I'm good at structure.
book thinking use
I just think structure can make a book feel so much bigger. It's the architecture. You could use flimsy materials if you wanted to, even, but it could still feel big.
book writing lasts
My last book was speculative. I just don't quite know what I am doing. But I'll get there. I have a list of things I would love to write.
book reading night
I love reading books that you can't put down, and they just take you over for a night or a weekend.
bases flawed humans
I don't pretend for a second that I'm that great of a person on a day-to-day basis. I'm a deeply flawed human.
believe writing thinking
The very best parts of me go into my writing, it is the best version of myself, and I don't think it's hubristic to believe that that's worth something, worth someone else's time. It's the most I have to offer the world.
firsts stories wanted
I've just always written, and always considered myself a writer. I wrote my first story when I was five. There was nothing else I wanted to do or be.
reading mean writing
Studying writing to me means reading and also rewriting obsessively. That's the best way to learn.
book drinking writing
I wish I had the luxury of time to read and write like grad students do. That sounds pretty awesome. When I was writing my first book one of my friends was going to grad school at the same time and I heard a lot of stories about drinking, too. I feel like everyone was having affairs.
jobs believe thinking
Writers have a job to do. Editors do, too. You have to stand ground and cede ground on a case by case basis. When an editor tells me something isn't working and I still believe in it, I tend to think it just isn't working hard enough.
airports car currents
In its current incarnation in my life touring is a lot of airports and hotels and car services and only OK food.
very-deep
I had always loved life on the road. It was just something that appealed to me very deeply.