Ellen Sussman's Writings
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Jul.03.2011
Red Room Original
"I was a free man in Paris, I was unfettered and alive," Joni Mitchell sings to us. I hear her, loud and clear. When I lived in Paris for five years, I felt freer than any other time in my life. Wait a second: I had two babies with me at all times during those years! I was struggling with a failing marriage! And yet.
A writer is always a kind of...
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Article
Jun.03.2008
Readerville Journal
I love my book cover.
I’ve never been able to say that before. And damn, it feels good.
Writers dreams of the day when they’ll hold their book in their hands, when they’ll show it to friends, when they’ll see it on the front table of their local independent bookstore. And yet, so many writers I know have confessed a dirty little secret: They don’t like their...
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May.28.2008
Red Room Original
I don't mind book tours—I actually love standing in front of a crowd and talking about writing. But I hate driving to the book store worrying whether or not I'll have a crowd. And I hate it when the crowd never shows.
I know—I'm lucky enough to get my books published and to have my publishers send me on book tour. But as I learned on my first tour, four years...
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About Ellen
Ellen Sussman is the author of the New York Times bestselling novel, French Lessons, and the San Francisco Chronicle bestseller, On a Night Like This. Her new novel, The Paradise Guest House will be published in March, 2013. She is the editor of two...
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