Caroline Leavitt
Caroline Leavitt
Caroline Leavitt is an American novelist. She is the New York Times bestselling author of Is This Tomorrow and Pictures of You, as well as 8 other novels...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
CountryUnited States of America
thinking long age
I think my stubbornness has served me well. I just knew at an early age what I wanted to do and I was determined to be able to make it happen, no matter how long it took.
jobs real thinking
There have been years where I've had to take a real job and I wrote during slow times and lunches. I think never forgetting how lucky I am to be able to do something I love has really fueled me.
husband son thinking
I think it's crucial to live, play and work passionately. I'm inspired by my husband, my son and the sense of possibility in the world.
thinking internet twitter-and-facebook
I think the Internet has made things a lot easier. Twitter and Facebook let you really connect to your readers effortlessly!
thinking cities bigs
I always think that in a big city, anything is possible, including reinventing yourself.
thinking identity new-life
Everyone thinks that a new place or a new identity will jumpstart a new life.
thinking self people
A lot of people hurl themselves into relationships to lose themselves, but I think the best relationships help us to be more ourselves, to bring forth our best selves.
bookstores delight indie love writers
Indie bookstores love writers as much as they love readers, and there is something about a community store, where you walk in, you feel known, and the delight in books is just infectious.
boston creating outside politics race scenarios swear talented
Is there nothing the prodigiously talented Ann Patchett can't do? She's channeled the world of opera, Boston politics, magic, unwed motherhood, and race relations, creating scenarios so indelible, you swear they are right outside your door.
hebrew kids knew somehow took
I cried to my mother that I wanted to go to Hebrew school; I wanted Jewish friends. But when my mother took me, the kids there all knew each other, and somehow I was even more of an outcast.
Writing is really hard, and it's really a skill.
john mapped means moral studied wants
I'm big on story structure. I studied with John Truby, who mapped out story by means of moral wants and needs, and that's what I do. Hey, so does John Irving.
people
When self-publishing started, it was mostly people who really couldn't write. And they just wanted to get their book out, and they couldn't get traditional deals.
hit lists might paying publishers second stop
While some of the big publishers might give out 200,000 advances, if your book does not hit some of the lists in the second week, they stop paying attention to you.