I have known Jeff since we were twelve years old. I mention my silent period here only because it is the reason I wrote this book, for it was during this time, when I would have grabbed at any plausible idea for a story, that I got an email from an old friend named Jeff Larkin. I won’t dwell on the details in my profession, there is a saying that a writer’s troubles are of interest only to other writers. I could not write, then I could not sleep, then I could not bear my own presence and I began to think dark thoughts. It did no good to struggle the more I struggled, the tighter the noose became. I only know that for months, then a year, then two years, I could not write. Now that it’s over, I don’t like to think about it. I don’t know why this silence settled over me. When a writer goes quiet, nothing is blocking and nothing is being blocked. You might call it writer’s block, but most writers don’t use that term or even understand it. Book excerpt: 'All That is Mine I Carry With Me'Īfter I finished writing my last novel, I fell into a long silence. Here & Now's Tiziana Dearing speaks with author William Landay about his new book, " All That is Mine I Carry With Me." The novel centers around the disappearance of a Massachusetts mother and its effect on her three children as well as her husband, who is suspected of her murder. (Courtesy John Earle and Penguin Random House) William Landay's "All That Is Mine I Carry With Me" is available March 7.
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