What I try very hard to do is have an hour or so in the morning when I leave the house and don't have my phone with me. I'll go sit in a cafe and read and handwrite in my notebook and not be facing a screen. My head will be clear. I will be able to hear myself think. Because honestly for the rest of the day it's just screens, screens, screens.
Jami AttenbergWriters have a job to do. Editors do, too. You have to stand ground and cede ground on a case by case basis. When an editor tells me something isn't working and I still believe in it, I tend to think it just isn't working hard enough.
Jami AttenbergThe fascinating thing about food is that if you have issues with it, you have to face it every single day.
Jami AttenbergWith apologies to all my past boyfriends, I never loved a man the way I loved my old apartment.
Jami Attenberg