“Many of my books come from what if questions that I can't answer, things that I'm worried about as either a woman, a wife, a mom, an American.”
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The act of writing... is the act of trying to understand why my opinion is what it is. And ultimately, I think that's the same experience the reader has when they pick up one of my books.
I have several writer friends, but I don't involve them in my work process. I'm more likely to talk about the business of publishing with them.
There's that unwritten schism that literary writers get all the awards and commericals writers get all the success.
I woke up one morning thinking about wolves and realized that wolf packs function as families. Everyone has a role, and if you act within the parameters of your role, the whole pack succeeds, and when that falls apart, so does the pack.