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John Searles

American Writer

Always Girl Gone People Work Writing

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I've gone to readings to see authors after meeting them on Twitter. And while there, I've found myself sitting next to still more writers who I met on Twitter, too. John Searles

Myself Met Gone Twitter Too Meeting See More Writers Readings Still Authors Sitting After While Them Next Who Found

My writing is sort of 'Sidney Sheldon meets Anne Tyler.' John Searles

Writing Tyler Meets Anne Sort

People are often surprised that I am so upbeat. I'm always hearing, 'You're so light and funny, and your books are so dark and twisted.' There's a dichotomy. I like books that are dark and creepy. I don't control it - it's just what I gravitate toward. John Searles

No one in my family had ever even gone to college. John Searles

Family College Gone Had No-One Even Ever

I grew up in a two-bedroom house with my grandfather, my mom and dad and four kids. I slept on the couch or on the floor, and I always wanted to have my own space. John Searles

Mom Space Own Slept Kids My Own Couch House Always Up Wanted Grew Grandfather Mom And Dad Dad Floor Four

I always joke deep down I'm really a teenage girl on the inside. John Searles

Girl Joke Down Teenage Teenage Girl Inside Always Really Deep Deep Down

My dad was a cross-country truck driver. John Searles

Driver Truck Truck Driver Dad

I write in the mornings. I get up every morning at about six in the morning and write until nine, hop in the shower and go to work. Nighttime I usually reserve for re-reading what I've done that morning. I would be lying if I said I stuck to that schedule every single day. John Searles

Work Day Morning Single Every Nighttime Lying Nine Hop Would Would-Be About Schedule Stuck Write Mornings Re-Reading Until Single Day Said Go Up Get Done Six Shower Reserve Every Single Day

Everyone has a ghost story, or at least that's how it has always seemed to me. John Searles

Me Everyone Ghost Seemed Always How Least Story

I stayed at 'Cosmo' well beyond my internship, moving up the ranks over some 15 years to become books editor, then brand director, then editor-at-large - editing everything from an excerpt of Gore Vidal's memoir to writing some of those juicy cover lines myself. John Searles

Myself Director Writing Editing Become Everything Books Those Ranks Memoir Stayed Some Over Beyond Well Gore Editor Cover Juicy Years Lines Up Brand Moving Then

I don't write to a genre. John Searles

Write Genre

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