It would have been a hard year if I'd spent it berating myself for not working on the book.
Emily BartonHistorical fiction is a collaboration between the time in which it's written and the time that it's writing about and the far future, when we don't know what people are going to think about yet.
Emily BartonIf I don't write every day for one week or even, frankly, one year, I don't really think too much about that.
Emily BartonNobody thinks that there were never mechanical horses in the world. Everybody knows that there aren't really golems.
Emily BartonAs I continue to teach, I have more to offer my students, and as I continue to teach, I have more to learn from my students. I do know some writers who feel very drained when they leave the classroom, and for me this would be a sign that maybe it's time to take a break or refocus because I always leave the classroom even more excited than I was when I walked in.
Emily Barton