What's the point of having a book club if you don't get to eat brownies and drink wine?

In its current incarnation in my life touring is a lot of airports and hotels and car services and only OK food.

In the wintertime I like macaroni and cheese.

I've been told by people who write historical novels that you just sort of write the emotional truth first, the story at the core, and then you go back and research it at the end.

Maybe just as many women writers as male writers could be billed as the next great American writer by their publisher. Maybe book criticism sections could review an equal amount of female and male writers. Maybe Oprah could start putting some books by women authors in her book club, since most of her audience is women.

I'd love to be able to write crazy epic plots. I'm working on it.

I'm not that much of a researcher. I'm good at channeling characters, and I'm good at structure.