Jami Attenberg
Jami Attenberg
reading giving kind
I love doing readings. I could really give a crap about reviews. It's kind of about the readers.
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.
When we are young - or even 32 - we often say 'yes' to everything because we're worried that we won't know what we'll like if we don't try it.
detail eats eye favorite food
What a character eats is a detail - like eye color or a favorite song. But food is also our lifeblood.
smoking challenges quitting
You can quit smoking, and never have to have a cigarette again to survive. But with food, it is a daily challenge.
book thinking trying
It's good to try stuff. I wrote a book that I threw away, and I think I just wrote it so I could try stuff in it and not be scared
exercise sometimes
Sometimes, things are just exercises.
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.
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.
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.
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.
dream nice pursue
Wouldn't that be nice if we could all afford to just freely pursue our dreams?
writing sitting-still wish
I wish I could write while I'm on the road but it never works for me. I need to be sitting still.
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.