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6 Hours a Day, 7 Days a Week

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Isaac Fitzgerald

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We’ve mentioned the size of Rumpus Book Club pick The Instructions a few times.

But how long did it take author Adam Levin to write the behemoth book? “I worked on average six hours a day, seven days a week […] I took one week of vacation a year.” And how long did he keep that grueling schedule? Oh, only a measly nine years.

Update: Levin discusses why he decided to write such a lengthy novel here.


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Isaac Fitzgerald
Isaac Fitzgerald has been a firefighter, worked on a boat, and was once given a sword by a king, thereby accomplishing three out of five of his childhood goals. Formerly of The Rumpus and McSweeney’s and most recently the founding editor of BuzzFeed Books, Isaac is now the co-host of BuzzFeed News’ Twitter Morning Show, #AMtoDM. He also appears frequently on The Today Show to talk books, and is co-author of Pen & Ink: Tattoos and the Stories Behind Them and Knives & Ink: Chefs and the Stories Behind Their Tattoos (with Recipes) (winner of an IACP award), and the author of a YA novel and picture book forthcoming from Bloomsbury. He uses Twitter.

2 responses

  1. Tracy Seeley Avatar
    Tracy Seeley

    Wondering: Who paid the rent?

  2. Isaac Fitzgerald Avatar
    Isaac Fitzgerald

    He did! Check out the interview, on top of all that he was teaching!

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