Living in the Pages

Episode 35 - Christine Brae

"I walk to the train every day and I see different people, and I make
assumptions about them in my head. I say 'Oh, they would make a good
character...'”
— Christine Brae

Episode 34 - Meghan March

"It was one of those moments when I realized, ‘This is what I'm meant to do
with my life.’ And it was a very crystal clear thought when i figured out
that this is what I wanted to do—and I cannot imagine doing anything else
now.”
— Meghan March

Episode 33 - Renee Carlino

"I wish that I would have held on to the passion I had when I wrote my
first book, and prevented other people’s opinions coming into my mind about
my writing. Someone just recently told me, 'Other people’s opinions are
none of your business.'" — Renee Carlino

Episode 32 - Samantha Towle

"I would definitely say I get an easier flow when I get a ‘bam’ kind of
story and literally can’t write fast enough to get it down. When I’m
creating a world, that definitely takes a lot more time.." — Samantha Towle

Episode 31 - Helena Hunting

"If I’m spending fourteen hours in front of a computer, not all of that is
going to be valuable writing time. Stepping away is sometimes better.
Overall, I’ll be able to write that book with more clarity and focus than
if I try and just tether myself to my laptop." — Helena Hunting

Episode 30 - Jewel E Ann

"I think you infuse yourself into every character—even the villains. That’s
what’s cool about writing—it’s such an expression of yourself." — Jewel E
Ann

Episode 29 - Colleen Hoover

"In my writing, I’ll come up with a twist, and then take it a step further
because I’m like ‘Ok, that’s going to be what everybody thinks is going to
happen, but I’m going to do it this way.’ So that’s my goal—to try to throw
everybody off.”
— Colleen Hoover

Episode 28 - Totally Booked

"Nothing excites us more than when people pick up a book that we’ve loved.
It’s always got to come down to the book and the words. Strip everything
else away and still the most important thing for us is the book—nothing
else.”
— Jenny & Gitte

Episode 27 - Nina Levine

"I love hearing people’s life stories, you know? Just the nitty gritty
little bits of what's got them to where they are." — Nina Levine

Episode 26 - Caroline Kepnes

"There’s nothing I like more than getting into someone else’s head and
seeing what it’s like in there." — Caroline Kepnes