The Liberation and Consternation of Writing a Whole Book with Paper and Pen | Literary Hub

The Liberation and Consternation of Writing a Whole Book with Paper and Pen | Literary Hub

That’s because I wrote probably 75 percent of Hungry in longhand, on planes and trains, in public libraries and cocktail bars. To finish the manuscript (no mean feat with four children in the house, two of them infants and two of them teenagers) I carried around equipment similar to the gear I have with me now on the train: a cheap Wexford wide-ruled notebook from somewhere chic like Staples or Walgreens, and a pen bestowed upon me by some nice person at the New Orleans tourism board.

(via James Schirmer)