I’ve gone to readings to see authors after meeting them on Twitter. And while there, I’ve found myself sitting next to still more writers who I met on Twitter, too. John Searles Read Quote
My personality has two sides: a very social side and a reclusive side. I love writing fiction, although I can’t imagine ever being locked up in a room writing all the time. John Searles Read Quote
I think I’m more sympathetic to writers, to the work and the struggle and the craft of it, than when I was in graduate school at NYU and was very judgmental. John Searles Read Quote
My first day as an intern in the books department at ‘Cosmopolitan’ also happened to be the day the O.J. Simpson verdict was announced. John Searles Read Quote
My goal is to write books that are quality books with very real characters and a gripping plot. John Searles Read Quote
Buying an apartment in New York was beyond my wildest dreams. I had to scrape together every cent to buy it. And I’m so happy I did. John Searles Read Quote
I stayed at ‘Cosmo’ well beyond my internship, moving up the ranks over some 15 years to become books editor, then brand director, then editor-at-large – editing everything from an excerpt of Gore Vidal’s memoir to writing some of those juicy cover lines myself. John Searles Read Quote
People are often surprised that I am so upbeat. I’m always hearing, ‘You’re so light and funny, and your books are so dark and twisted.’ There’s a dichotomy. I like books that are dark and creepy. I don’t control it – it’s just what I gravitate toward. John Searles Read Quote
