Oh, yes, I did 12 pages today. 11 of them in last 2 hours. Question is would I have all 12 if I hadn't struggled for hours at my desk today? — Laurell K. Hamilton (@LKHamilton) December 28, 2012

“We hid our ignorance from each other, making oblique wisecracks to cover it up.” Frank Conroy #fiction http://t.co/8ZRJ8eN5 #longreads — The Paris Review (@parisreview) December 16, 2012