Cathrine
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Elizabeth Gilbert:
How do you pick what type of book to write next and is there a genre that you feel more comfortable writing than others?
Elizabeth Gilbert
Hi Cathrine! I always have a lot of ideas swirling around, but I try to treat them like I'm a schoolteacher, trying to put an unruly classroom into order. I try to make my ideas line up, so I can see which one is the most persistent — which one REALLY wants to be made next. Right now, I'm working on a novel about New York City in the 1940s. I find writing novels much more difficult than writing non-fiction or memoir, but it's also more gratifying, because it requires all my brain-cylinders to be firing at maximum power. I like the challenge. I never feel more alive than when I'm working on a novel, and I'm never sure if I can pull it off.
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My book group 'A Good Yarn' at the Mary Jacobs Library in Rocky Hill NJ will be reading 'Signature of All Things' for our 9/2 meeting. I'm the moderator and coordinator of the group. Is there a particular thing in the book that you think I should focus on when creating questions and presenting supporting materials? Also, keep an eye out on our Pinterest page as I create a board for every book the group reads.
Bob
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Elizabeth Gilbert:
Elizabeth I have read some of your books. How do you respond when people call you a narcissist?
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