The Don't Buy List: Kill Your (Skincare) Darlings

Deleted scenes, but from my book.

I am an awful cliché of a writer: I hate writing, but I love having written. Which is to say, the process of writing a book is absolutely horrible. It is death by a million space bar strokes.

One thing that’s made it more bearable — besides remembering that I am getting paid to do this, I am living my dream life, etc., etc. — is a tip I got from writer …