Sara Ryan

alevai asks: What’s the worst part about being a published author? The weight of expectations.

purvision asks: What is the most ruthless thing you’ve done in defense of your work? Probably the most ruthless thing I do often in defense of my work is refuse invitations, and/or fail to show up for social events. This has almost certainly (although I don’t have definitive proof) resulted in my giving offense to [...]

signifier asks: Can you give me one piece of advice you think might help me? This is less advice than reassurance, but it’s helped each of the times without number that sdn has said it to me: It will take as long as it takes. As for advice, there’s no way that you don’t know [...]

Anonymous asks: Have you ever been approached by a film producer for the rights to Empress of the World? From time to time, there’s been interest, but it hasn’t gone all the way to an option yet. We’ll see what happens when Rules comes out.

I’m going to do each answer as a separate post. You can ask more questions if you want. coppervale asks: Do you write for yourself, or for your imagined reader? Short answer: Yes, both. Longer answer: It depends on what I’m writing and where I am in the process. On this blog, in case it’s [...]

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I read Black Hole by Charles Burns last night. After I finished, I stayed up another hour making furious notes about everything it triggered. If you think of Fun Home as ultimately cerebral, this book is ultimately visceral. Everyone, but especially capn_jil, if you haven’t read it yet, go, read.

It has sort of a demented SpongeBob quality. Oblique References: Two more tabs closed, as of Very Late Last Night. Also as of Very Late Last Night, I decided against pursuing a non-writing-related opportunity that could have been very cool, but also could have driven me right the hell off the edge. Glad to have [...]

All hail the Amtrak Cascades. Far, far superior to driving. I’ll have to take it all the way to Vancouver B.C. one of these days. I am proud to say that I karaoke’d both “Crazy” by Patsy Cline and “Lose Yourself” by Eminem. Happy birthday dirtylibrarian! If you are near Seattle, you should eat here. [...]