The DNA of the novel - which, if I begin to write nonfiction, I will write about this - is that: the title of the novel is the whole novel. The first line of the novel is the whole novel.… — Mary Kay Zuravleff Copy Share Image
Now, as a reader, you shouldn't feel the decisions the writer makes about this DNA, or it would be boring beyond belief. But, as a writer, you're struggling to make these decisions. What should the title be? What's the first… — Mary Kay Zuravleff Copy Share Image
Math-thinking, I would say, encourages flipping and substituting letters in words (in the novel, one of the boys double-majors in math and myth, for… — Mary Kay Zuravleff Copy Share Image
I can be really silly when I'm not actually writing silliness, and I have to rein that in. Pynchon, in my opinion, sometimes tells… — Mary Kay Zuravleff Copy Share Image
I realized early on in writing the book that it needed to be from a family point of view, and that nobody outside the… — Mary Kay Zuravleff Copy Share Image
In a family, you take on each other's problems and joys differently, and more intensely. The amplitude - and the undulation of the family… — Mary Kay Zuravleff Copy Share Image
I tried the line out on some people on the street, like, "What do you think of this: 'the art of family life is… — Mary Kay Zuravleff Copy Share Image
“We should have made do at home. We threw away so much food." Ricky says, "We ran out of ketchup," and the rest of… — Mary Kay Zuravleff Copy Share Image
The DNA of the novel - which, if I begin to write nonfiction, I will write about this - is that: the title of… — Mary Kay Zuravleff Copy Share Image
In fictional families - in sitcoms, in dramas - the members are sharing huge amounts of their interior lives. And that has not been… — Mary Kay Zuravleff Copy Share Image
Dylan Landis knows how to unnerve a reader, even as she's appreciating being unnerved. Rainey Royal thrums with sex and power. A brave, exquisite… — Mary Kay Zuravleff Copy Share Image
Now, as a reader, you shouldn't feel the decisions the writer makes about this DNA, or it would be boring beyond belief. But, as… — Mary Kay Zuravleff Copy Share Image
