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Publishing in a way doesn't have a lot to do with writing, and writing doesn't have a lot to do with publishing.

I think that when the world feels safe and secure, we probably feel more that way in our personal lives. What goes on in the world affects us, unequivocally.

Jennifer Gilmore

I'm a morning person: if I don't get up, put the coffee on and get to my desk by 8, the day has already lost a lot of its promise.

Jennifer Gilmore

I want to say that, in general, when it works, open adoption is great.

Jennifer Gilmore

I think publishing's strength is also its weakness. It's got such a rich and celebrated history as an industry. For the most part, publishing people are incredibly creative, business is done based on the strength of relationships, and the product being peddled is books.

Jennifer Gilmore

I will say, in open adoption, all these choices you make about race, about the amount of mental illness you can deal with, about special needs and physical maladies, you have to lay all this out there before you know anybody's story.

Jennifer Gilmore

The process of open adoption is not discussed in the way it should be. Everyone I know who has adopted domestically has at least one tragic story. It was important to me to be able to describe those situations.

Jennifer Gilmore

With domestic adoption, you get a form, you fill it out, and there are these boxes: African-American, African-American and Hispanic, and you check the boxes that you're comfortable with. Race is completely open in that regard.

Jennifer Gilmore

Publishing in a way doesn't have a lot to do with writing, and writing doesn't have a lot to do with publishing.

Jennifer Gilmore

As writers, we don't just need to write about poverty or war or the immigrant experience.

Jennifer Gilmore