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Emily Giffin
American
Author
Born:
Mar 20
,
1972
Characters
Me
Think
Try
Writing
You
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Frederick Douglass
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Zig Ziglar
Often I feel that projects overwhelm us when we look at how many hours are involved until completion. But just getting started is usually not that difficult.
Emily Giffin
Difficult
Projects
Completion
Feel
Hours
Look
Involved
Until
How
Overwhelm
Getting
Often
Just
Getting Started
Us
Many
Started
I really try to focus on my books and readers.
Emily Giffin
Try
Focus
Books
Readers
Really
It's a funny thing - when I'm crazed with work, spending time with my children relaxes me. Yet, at the end of a long weekend with them, the very thing I need to relax is a little work and time away from them!
Emily Giffin
Work
Funny
Time
Me
Relax
Long
Funny Thing
Spending
Spending Time
Weekend
End
Very
Children
Little
Them
Away
Thing
Need
For true downtime, I enjoy going for light runs, having drinks with friends and going to the movies with my husband.
Emily Giffin
Light
Husband
Enjoy
Runs
Having
Drinks
True
Friends
Going
Movies
Downtime
I think it's important to try to be present with whatever it is you're doing. And if you can't be present, take a break.
Emily Giffin
You
Try
Important
Whatever
Think
Take
Doing
Break
Present
Guilt is a supreme waste of time and energy.
Emily Giffin
Time
Guilt
Energy
Supreme
Waste
Waste Of Time
Well, shoes, bags and clutches are usually my big weaknesses - my husband always laughs when I call them 'investment pieces.'
Emily Giffin
Husband
Big
Shoes
Laughs
Weaknesses
Investment
Bags
Pieces
Well
Call
Always
Them
Clutch
For an interesting nonfiction read, I really enjoyed 'Quiet' by Susan Cain. I read it with my husband, who is a true introvert, whereas I am an introvert masquerading as an extrovert.
Emily Giffin
Husband
Extrovert
Introvert
True
Masquerading
Read
Nonfiction
Am
Quiet
Susan
Whereas
Interesting
Really
Who
Enjoyed
I find flawed characters much more interesting than perfect ones and enjoy the challenge of making readers root for them in spite of their unsympathetic path and destructive choices.
Emily Giffin
Path
Challenge
Enjoy
Characters
Destructive
Find
More
Perfect
Spite
Unsympathetic
Readers
Making
Than
Interesting
Them
Flawed
Much
Root
Choices
I think exercise is critical to my writing and an essential way to recharge.
Emily Giffin
Writing
Think
Way
Critical
Exercise
Essential
My books aren't autobiographical.
Emily Giffin
Books
Autobiographical
I feel a great connection with my readers and would never want to disappoint them.
Emily Giffin
Great
Would
Never
Disappoint
Feel
Readers
Want
Them
Connection
I have increasingly steeled myself to criticism, but it still can sting, especially when you feel that it is unfair - or that they are judging my book by its cover or by preconceived notions.
Emily Giffin
Myself
You
Book
Criticism
Unfair
Increasingly
Feel
Judging
Still
Cover
Sting
Preconceived
Notions
Darcy, the heroine of 'Something Blue,' is quite shallow and opinionated. At one point, she commented that she dislikes 'gingers,' i.e., men with red hair. I received several emails from fiery redheads who said they were offended by 'my' comments. I had to remind them that it is fiction.
Emily Giffin
Offended
Men
Hair
Red Hair
Heroine
Emails
Several
Something
Shallow
Point
Had
Remind
Red
She
Redheads
Opinionated
Said
Were
Commented
Comments
Blue
Quite
Fiction
Them
Dislikes
Fiery
Who
Received
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