In Matt Bell’s excellent book on writing, Refuse to be Done, there’s a quote by Karen Russell, author of the excellent novels Swamplandia. and The Antidote. She says, "💬 “Writing a novel is kind of like scaling Mt. Everest and passing by your own bones on the way”." Respect is due, but I can’t help feeling it might not be quite that hard. #writing #climbing #writinglife https://www.mattbell.com/