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Marcy Dermansky

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Marcy Dermansky is the author of the critically acclaimed novels Hurricane Girl, Very Nice, The Red Car, Bad Marie and Twins. Her new novel Hot Air will be released in the spring of 2025.

Marcy has received fellowships from MacDowell and The Edward Albee Foundation. She lives in Montclair, New Jersey with her daughter.


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Marcy Dermansky I have two different methods. One is having an assigned writing time. I turn off the Internet and remain in my chair for the amount of time I predeter…moreI have two different methods. One is having an assigned writing time. I turn off the Internet and remain in my chair for the amount of time I predetermine and usually that works. I start typing.

My other method is to wait until I feel really terrible. Let a month pass, or longer, and then, eventually, I begin again because it is the only way to stop feeling terrible. I do not recommend this method. (less)
Marcy Dermansky Sometimes, when I get truly pissed off at myself for not writing, I feel finally inspired to write.

That is the plain truth. I rarely feel inspired, ra…more
Sometimes, when I get truly pissed off at myself for not writing, I feel finally inspired to write.

That is the plain truth. I rarely feel inspired, rarely catch an idea as if it is coming straight from a rainbow, but when I am actually writing, I realize how much I love doing it. The inspiration comes only when I am in the process of doing it, when the write word comes, the right idea, a new character, a line of dialogue. Even answering this question, I realize that I love to write. I wish I did it more. I don't think anyone should wait for inspiration.



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Hurricane Girl

3.63 avg rating — 7,036 ratings — published 2022 — 6 editions
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Very Nice

3.23 avg rating — 7,557 ratings — published 2019 — 20 editions
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The Red Car

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Hot Air

3.18 avg rating — 2,958 ratings — published 2025 — 4 editions
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Bad Marie

3.58 avg rating — 2,539 ratings — published 2010 — 7 editions
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Twins

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I asked myself a question today on Goodreads and then I answered it. I also discovered that a reader had asked me a question, except that it wasn't a question. It was praise. I love that. I answered her question, even though technically it wasn't a question.

It made me think how cool that you can come to an author's page here and ask them a question and get an answer. So, ask me something? Or I ca Read more of this blog post »
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“While I was not entirely satisfied with the circumstances of my existence, I felt like the possibility of improvement still existed. That I could make happiness happen.”
Marcy Dermansky, The Red Car

“And that is one of the problems of your generation. All sex. No romance. No love.”
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“I was brand-new in San Francisco, right out of college, and I thought it was thrilling, a guy buying me a drink. I didn’t think, how tacky, this creep is buying me a drink. I thought, how amazing, I put on lipstick and a short skirt and look what can happen.”
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“And that is one of the problems of your generation. All sex. No romance. No love.”
Marcy Dermansky, The Red Car

“While I was not entirely satisfied with the circumstances of my existence, I felt like the possibility of improvement still existed. That I could make happiness happen.”
Marcy Dermansky, The Red Car

“I was brand-new in San Francisco, right out of college, and I thought it was thrilling, a guy buying me a drink. I didn’t think, how tacky, this creep is buying me a drink. I thought, how amazing, I put on lipstick and a short skirt and look what can happen.”
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“Judy shook her head when she saw me the next day, dressed in the same clothes I had worn to work the day before. “We used to call that the walk of shame,” she said.”
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