There are so many people who are so much better qualified to write about politics than I am.
Curtis SittenfeldThe fact is that in this day and age I don't think any novelist can assume that a book will get attention.
Curtis Sittenfeld... it struck me as so hard to believe I was really getting what I wanted; it was always easier to feel the lack of something than the thing itself.
Curtis SittenfeldEven more than getting compliments on social media, what I love is when some random stranger says something very funny or insightful about my books, often in 140 characters or less! It's a very casual, low-stakes, non-burdensome way of connecting that I think is fun for both the writer and the reader. And there are a lot of clever people out there who have no connection to publishing.
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