“Only one thing drives me to write books: OBSESSION. Ferocious love. From the beginning, I've thought of writing as my escape, as this special and important calling. Not drudgery, not *eyeroll* work. I get this fierce, desperate glee as I plan a story. Like planning a vacation.”— Delilah S. Dawson, twitter.com
“If writing sucks years out of your life, why are you doing it? Writing doesn't suck anything out of my life; it adds depth and meaning and gives me something to hope for, something to gnaw on, something to dream about, a way to connect with people. Writing refills my soul.”— Delilah S. Dawson, twitter.com
“Publishing is hard, yall. Support the authors in your life, even if they're at the edge of your life.”— Olivia A. Cole, twitter.com
“I am not a disability writer. I’m a writer, period. I write about disability sure, but also, pop culture and music and grief and joy and whatever I feel like.”— Keah Brown, twitter.com
“I’m not usually one for aphorisms, but I think as writers we all worry we’re doing it wrong. However you get there is how you get there. And to those struggling to fit writing into an already too-busy, too-stressful life, you have all my love and admiration.”— Kiersten White, twitter.com
“The right way to write is whenever and however you can. I’m proud of you for working to figure out how to create and craft your stories. You got this.”— Kiersten White, twitter.com
“Edits can be disheartening and overwhelming because you write the best book you possibly can the first time around, and then you’re asked to make it better. HOW?? But that extra set of eyes or two crack open the story in ways you never imagined.”— Kiersten White, twitter.com
“It's weird when someone leaves a review that's 90% composed of how much they hated a character and you know that's incorrect. If they really hated them, they wouldn't have spent that much time talking about them.”— Sam Sykes, twitter.com