“A decade of working my ass off as a writer and look what I’ve got to show for it.
“And please don’t say books. On a shelf. In a library. In a warehouse. In a used bookstore. In someone’s basement. On ebay for 99 cents. Please don’t say books. I know what I have, and I know what I don’t have.”
Rumpus contributor and author Jami Attenberg on why one should write (hint: it isn’t for financial gain), the joys of your first book, and coming to terms with the need for “a more regular source of income.”
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I hear your pain. I’m a divorce lawyer, and I spend my weekends snuggling up to “Papers of Benjamin Franklin” and other deadly documents, trying to finish the second draft of my first book (about the slaves affected by Franklin and his family), concerning issues that no one else will touch with a 57-foot pole, because I’m not even free to drop dead until I finish it and give it to someone else!
20 years of schooling and they put you on the day shift.
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