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When I was writing my first two books I was also freelancing and teaching and doing other odd jobs.

- Curtis Sittenfeld
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The fact is that in this day and age I don't think any novelist can assume that a book will get attention.

I'm so trying to give up meat.

I do think I was trying to entertain the reader more than I was trying to purge myself.

Of course I know my characters are unlikable sometimes or have prejudices. It's not as if I'm thinking they're so endearing all the time. I guess it's much more interesting to me to write someone who is a combination of good and bad qualities because that's what people are like in real life.

The nightmare reviewer is the reviewer who has some sort of agenda that precludes him or her responding sincerely to the book. Often, that agenda is seeming clever and/or taking someone who has received more than her fair share of attention down a notch.

For 'Gender Studies,' I wrote that story in May and June of 2016. People have said to me, 'Oh, it's a political allegory,' and I think, 'Sure.' The political stuff is definitely there. But that's why I like fiction; there can be lots of different things going on, and it's all intertwined, and you can't separate out what's in what category.

Probably I, like a lot of people, became a writer in imitation of or in homage to the books I enjoyed. When you're so captivated by something, you think, could I do that? Hmm, let me try.

For most of my life - well, maybe half of my life, but basically until I was in my mid-20s - I wrote stories. From the time I was 5 or 6 until I was 25. And I read a lot of stories during that time.

I'm able to separate fiction and reality. I guess it remains to be seen if other people are.

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When I was writing my first two books I was also freelancing and teaching and doing other odd jobs.

When I was writing my first two books I was also freelancing and teaching and doing other odd jobs.

When I was writing my first two books I was also freelancing and teaching and doing other odd jobs.

When I was writing my first two books I was also freelancing and teaching and doing other odd jobs.

When I was writing my first two books I was also freelancing and teaching and doing other odd jobs.

When I was writing my first two books I was also freelancing and teaching and doing other odd jobs.

When I was writing my first two books I was also freelancing and teaching and doing other odd jobs.

When I was writing my first two books I was also freelancing and teaching and doing other odd jobs.

When I was writing my first two books I was also freelancing and teaching and doing other odd jobs.

When I was writing my first two books I was also freelancing and teaching and doing other odd jobs.

When I was writing my first two books I was also freelancing and teaching and doing other odd jobs.

When I was writing my first two books I was also freelancing and teaching and doing other odd jobs.

When I was writing my first two books I was also freelancing and teaching and doing other odd jobs.

When I was writing my first two books I was also freelancing and teaching and doing other odd jobs.

When I was writing my first two books I was also freelancing and teaching and doing other odd jobs.