“I started writing when I had three kids under the age of 4. I used to write every ten minutes I got to sit in front of a computer. Now, when I have more time, I function the same way: if it's writing time, I write.”
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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.
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.
There's that unwritten schism that literary writers get all the awards and commericals writers get all the success.
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.