I can have people around a lot more because I'm not always chasing them away so I can work on my novel. My non-novel, I mean.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
As a novelist, I tend to know significantly more about my characters than I do about my friends.
I don't have many friends. It's not because I'm a misanthrope. It's because I'm reserved. I'm self-contained. I get all my adventures in my head when I'm writing my books.
Ultimately I'm the writer for me, but also, anytime one of my friends gets stuck with a bit, they can call me, and I'm pretty good at helping them get there.
I do understand my limitations as a fiction writer, which is why my novels are always going to be close to home.
If you're going to clutter up the world with more novels, you should do a little more than entertain people.
I write novels and other things.
One of the amazing things about writing fiction is that you do get to be other people.
It is my goal to learn as much about the people I'm surrounded by. I am slowly widening who I am close with, and at the same time, growing further away from others.
I am an open book, literally. I don't mind if people know way too much about me.
I'm a novelist, that's how I make my livelihood, and I concentrate on the novels.