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What’s the best thing about being a writer?

Jill Alexander Essbaum Why, the honor and the glory of course! (Hee!)

The art must always be the endgame. Honor, glory, money, publication may never come. The best thing abo…moreWhy, the honor and the glory of course! (Hee!)

The art must always be the endgame. Honor, glory, money, publication may never come. The best thing about being a writer is having written something that I can step away from and say to myself 'I made this, it pleases me, it is a true thing.' I intend this answer in the least lofty, most sincere way.(less)

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Jill Alexander Essbaum Never wait for inspiration to strike. Strike back! Do exercises, weird ones, obnoxious ones, strange ones. I take other people's poems and 'translate'…moreNever wait for inspiration to strike. Strike back! Do exercises, weird ones, obnoxious ones, strange ones. I take other people's poems and 'translate' them into English, then 'translate' the translation... If you do that enough times eventually you have something so far removed from the source that it's your own (or, alternately and what usually happens with me, is that a bell dings and I have an entirely unrelated idea and then that's the rabbit I chase). I ask other friends to feed me lines to riff on. I feed them lines. I take single words and meditate on them and write throw-away pieces. It's imperative however to write daily. Even if it's crap. Especially if it's crap.(less)

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Average rating: 3.26 · 15,910 ratings · 2,738 reviews ·22 distinct works •Similar authors

	Hausfrau 3.24 avg rating — 15,568 ratings — published 2015 — 62 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Harlot 4.43 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heaven 4.43 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Devastation 4.28 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Necropolis 4.43 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Oh Forbidden 4.50 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2005	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Would-Land 4.64 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2020	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	PoetsArtists #25 by Jill Alexander Essbaum(Goodreads Author), Geof Huth(Goodreads Author), Ron Androla(Goodreads Author) 4.63 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dobra žena 3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Good Grief Journal: A Journey toward Healing 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“...analysis isn't pliers, and truth is not teeth: you can't pull it out by force. A mouth stays closes as long as it wants to. Truth is told when it tells itself.”
― Jill Alexander Essbaum, Hausfrau

tags: truth

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“The face one wears as an adult is a mask that's cut to fit in her youth.”
― Jill Alexander Essbaum, Hausfrau

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“Whores, Anna once read, make the very best wives. They are accustomed to the varying moods of men, they keep their broken hearts to themselves, and easy women always ease through grief.”
― Jill Alexander Essbaum, Hausfrau

tags: whores, wives, women

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Faithful

Alice Hoffman

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The Sheltering Sky

Paul Bowles

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Hausfrau

Jill Alexander Essbaum

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Beartown

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The Virgin in the Garden

A.S. Byatt

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The Line That Held Us

David Joy

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