“For the first time since he showed up in my checkout lane, I let my eyes wander the full length of his… — Andrew Shaffer First time Copy Share Image
Everybody has a breaking point. It's tough to ignore the impulse to respond with anger. — Andrew Shaffer Anger Copy Share Image
It's not always caving to pressure: Sometimes criticism hits close to home; sometimes criticism changes our minds about something we've put out… — Andrew Shaffer Always Copy Share Image
The higher a book's sales ranks, the better chances it has of being noticed by Amazon's internal recommendations engine. — Andrew Shaffer Being Copy Share Image
Universal Orlando may have the new Harry Potter Wizarding World, but Disney World has the Hari Puttar Experience, based on the Bollywood… — Andrew Shaffer Comedy Copy Share Image
Way before musicians and actors cornered the market on misbehavior, writers were flooding hotel rooms and testing their livers' upper limits. — Andrew Shaffer Hotel Copy Share Image
'First Step 2 Forever' is a hardcover, multi-colored monstrosity that clocks in at 240 pages... half of which feature full-page pictures of… — Andrew Shaffer First step Copy Share Image
“I have hobbies," he says, smirking. "Physical pursuits: Base-jumping, hang-gliding, underwater basket-weaving.” — Andrew Shaffer Copy Share Image
“He hands me his shopping list and I lead him through the store in search of the items. Duct tape? Plastic wrap?… — Andrew Shaffer Duct tape Copy Share Image
You don't want to write the same story again, but people are like 'We want the same story but different.' Well, how… — Andrew Shaffer Again Copy Share Image
Christmas sits like a black hole on the calendar. Just try scheduling a meeting at work the month of December. — Andrew Shaffer Black hole Copy Share Image
The hottest new attraction at Disney World has got to be the new Last Airbender ride. — Andrew Shaffer Attraction Copy Share Image
With traditional publishing, books might be pulled due to plagiarism or libel - but rarely for content, and especially not without a… — Andrew Shaffer Books Copy Share Image
No matter what you do, you're going to run into haters online. We're not talking about ordinary, disgruntled customers who should be… — Andrew Shaffer Empathy Copy Share Image
“The building is a ginormous 175-story office building that juts into the sky like a glass and steel erection.” — Andrew Shaffer Engineering Copy Share Image
“Most times, my mind is just an ongoing, present-tense, first-person monologue. It's like I'm writing a novel.” — Andrew Shaffer Novel Copy Share Image
In 'Hope Never Dies', Biden attempts to disguise himself with a beach look, hoping that the incongruity of it will allow him… — Andrew Shaffer Beach Copy Share Image
It's easy to feel spurned, especially when you return to your apartment and stare at the hundreds of rejection letters tacked to… — Andrew Shaffer Bulletin board Copy Share Image
It was a struggle to humanize Donald Trump, who was the antagonist in my satirical thriller 'The Day of the Donald'. Of… — Andrew Shaffer Day Copy Share Image
I was under the impression that if you've read one vampire series for young adults, you've read them all. — Andrew Shaffer Books Copy Share Image
Richelle Mead's 'Vampire Academy' saga is set to be the next young adult paranormal series to become a household name. — Andrew Shaffer Adult Copy Share Image
This is a common misconception about antidepressants: many people believe they're simply 'happy pills' that will wipe a person's emotional slate clean.… — Andrew Shaffer Believe Copy Share Image
“We do have funerals for the living," Jill said. "They're called birthday parties.” — Andrew Shaffer Birthday Copy Share Image
“I arrive at the Gray Holdings headquarters in downtown Seattle two hours later. The building is a ginormous 175-story office building that… — Andrew Shaffer Engineering Copy Share Image
