“When writers stop to sharpen pencils or get up and make coffee to procrastinate, they still stay in their heads with their characters. But when you zip over to read email or check your Facebook page, you get zapped out of the fictive dream. It's brutal on my writing.”

American author and book marketing executive

M. J. Rose is an American author and book marketing executive. She is known for her work as a writer and for her role in the business side of publishing. Her career spans both authorship and marketing, linking creative work with the practical task of bringing books to readers. She is credited here with 93 quotes on the site.