Desk Tour: Amanda Eisenberg
A debut novelist shares the craft book(s) she swears by and more!
Welcome to Desk Tour, a series where I interview creative folks about their desks and workspaces. In case you missed it: Jenny Jin’s Desk Tour from last time. Scroll to the bottom of this post for the full catalog of Desk Tours.
One of the things that publishing a novel has taught — and continues to teach — me is that writing books is hard. It requires you to work and wait and then wait and work some more and then to thrust your most vulnerable thoughts and feelings out into the world, all for someone to eventually tag you in a 1-star review on Instagram (ask me how I know). Publishing is a notoriously opaque and competitive industry. It is hard to navigate, difficult to survive, and chews up and spits out a lot of people. It is easier when you have a built-in community of people who are even remotely interested in what you have to say. It was easier, for me, because of my Instagram audience, this newsletter, and the podcast. I am thankful for that every day.
I am also more aware than ever how …