I was a lawyer and I loved it, but my Francesca was born, and a divorce followed way too soon after.
From Lisa Scottoline
You can really help support a character if you understand the setting. So for that reason I generally write about Philadelphia.
Truth is, every writer has to be a good editor, and you have to edit yourself. It's a skill every writer has to acquire.
I get up around 8 o'clock, which gives me enough time to walk dogs and feed chickens and horses. Then I get to work in my home office upstairs, and basically, I don't stop until I've written 2,000 words and/or the Stephen Colbert show is over.
You don't have to be dead to write a classic, and you don't have to be literary to be smart.
My animals are a really important part of my life.
Truly I never thought of myself as writing legal thrillers, and I still don't think I do. I write stories about women.
But the fact is, I'm not work-identified. I'm not a lawyer or a writer. I'm a mom, and I'm a woman, and that's the kind of people I want to see in books in the starring role.
If it weren't for book tours, I would never leave my house.
The truth is that every writer, whether it's fiction or nonfiction, is trying to write something truly original and that's what I think I'm doing.
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