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My first novel is loaded with food references largely because my cupboards were bare, and I was writing hungry.

My first novel is loaded with food references largely because my cupboards were bare, and I was writing hungry.

Jan Karon
Writing, Firsts, Hungry
Jan Karon (2006). “The Mitford Bedside Companion: A Treasury of Favorite Mitford Moments, Author Reflections on the Bestselling Se lling Series, and More. Much More.”, p.72, Penguin

There are so many people who don't know small towns exist. When I write, I want to give my readers two things: one is a sense of consolation, and two, I want to make them laugh.

Jan Karon
Writing, Two, People

Well, I think some people are very happy in retirement. And in a year and a half I'm going to see how happy I feel in retirement. I'm just going to not work quite so hard, but I'll continue to write as long as God gives me breath.

Jan Karon
Retirement, Writing, Thinking
"Leaving Mitford: Jan Karon on Life and Writing". Interview with Belinda Elliott, www.cbn.com.

Writing is a way of processing our lives. And it can be a way of healing.

Jan Karon
Healing, Writing, Way

Let me say that I absolutely loved writing 'A Common Life,' because it was a book about love.

Jan Karon
Book, Writing, Common
"Leaving Mitford: Jan Karon on Life and Writing". Interview with Belinda Elliott, www.cbn.com.

For a very long time, I wrote a book a year, and was eager and willing to do it, to put bread on the table, to have my work out there. Now I must write a book every two years, and that's never enough time, either.

Jan Karon
Book, Writing, Years

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