- The best ideas always come when you can't write them down
- Housework becomes exponentially more appealing when you have a deadline
- The scene that you loved when you wrote it will be the one that needs to be cut the most
- First drafts are like finger-paintings--something only a child or a mother could love
- Writing is best accompanied by energy drinks, wine, vodka, or tears
- Editors are proof that you can love and hate someone at the same time
- George R.R. Martin must not be human--no human author could do that to their characters
- Anyone who asks you what the theme of your novel is should be slapped
- Anyone who says you should write a book about (insert plot here) should be slapped twice
- And lastly--being an author is a feeling only another author can understand
Authors are an eccentric bunch, but there are a few things we all have in common.
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AuthorMy name is J.R. McGinnity, I am a former English teacher with a passion for writing fantasy novels with strong female leads. Archives
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