The creative process taps into our deepest subconscious, and we are each of us sex-crazed - products of a shame-based Judeo-Christian culture that has irrevocably warped us all to varying degrees. Lynn Coady basechristiancrazed Change image and share on social
I've always been a sucker for any technology engineered primarily for the entertainment of the human race - even such technology as has been disguised as 'useful' or 'improving' when we all know the real virtue lies in its ability to distract and divert. Lynn Coady abilitydisguisedistract share on social
Ever since 'Strange Heaven,' I haven't really reread my old work. Not so much because I don't like the writer I was, or because I find flaws in the writing, but more because I get so burnt out on a novel once I've finished writing, revising, editing and copy editing it that I genuinely never want to look at it again after it's gone to press. Lynn Coady burncopyedit share on social
Here's the thing about lingerie: The only time we see it outside our own bedrooms, it is on women who are gloriously freakish in their physical perfection. Lynn Coady bedroomfreakishgloriously Change image and share on social
My dad was a real man's man, and so were my brothers, in a small town where hockey is king. It's a masculine culture. It made me really attentive to what it meant to be a guy. Lynn Coady attentivebrotherculture Change image and share on social
Readers who claim a preference for short-form over long often tell me it's because they don't have time to commit to a book-length chunk of writing. Lynn Coady bookchunkclaim Change image and share on social
It's doubtful that any fiction worth reading has been produced on a computer running Windows Vista. Lynn Coady computerdoubtfulfiction Change image and share on social
Keep a copy of 'Islands in the Stream' by Ernest Hemingway on the left hand side of your desk. Keep Fitzgerald's 'The Crack Up' on the right. When you get stuck, pick them up and pretend that they are having a fight, like you used to do with your GI Joes. Lynn Coady copycrackdesk share on social
You can catch a scent in the wind - an idea, or a concept - and follow it. You can delve into your subconscious and see what happens, in a way you just can't when you're writing a novel. Lynn Coady catchconceptdelve Change image and share on social
There are people out there who genuinely love literature, who genuinely love to read and read widely, who will never like, or even necessarily get, my books. That was a hard one to swallow, to not feel slighted by. Lynn Coady bookfeelgenuinely share on social