1. I think the novelist’s principal task is the communication of sensation. If he does this, and does it right, he has rescued something from time and chaos.

    — Shelby Foote

  2. Write Place, Write Time: Emily St. John Mandel →

    writeplacewritetime:

    I do almost all of my work in a small off-white room with a wooden floor and soft lighting. In the interests of full disclosure, it’s usually considerably messier than what you see in the pictures, and I’ve since acquired a more comfortable desk chair.

    The desk is very small…

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