When
I’m writing fiction I forget who I am and what I come from. I slip
into utter absorption mode. I love the sense that I’ve become so
engaged with the other side, I’ve slightly lost my bearings here. If
I’m going from the writing mind-set to picking my kids up from school, I
often feel a very short but acute kind of depression, as if I have the
bends. Once I’m with them it totally disappears, and I feel happy
again. Sometimes I forget I have children, which is very strange. I
feel guilty about it, as if my inattention will cause something to
happen to them, even when I’m not responsible for them…
Why We Write: 20 Acclaimed Authors on How and Why They Do What They Do (2013)
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