'Sag Harbor' was a very different book for me. It changed the way I thought about books that I wanted to do.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I've always been a big fan of books.
I would only read the novels that people classify as 'beach books' if I were being held prisoner and the only alternative was the 'Book of Mormon.'
I'm not sure there's a difference between books that affected the way I see the world and books that influenced me as a writer.
'Drown' was always a hybrid book. It's connected stories - partially a story collection but partially a novel. I always wanted the reader to decide which genre they thought the book belonged to more - story, novel, neither, both.
I haven't made up my mind about doing anymore Landover books.
Each book has been different and has been challenging in its own way to write.
There isn't a book that has changed me, but I have favourites such as 'Pride and Prejudice' which I often re-read.
I really enjoy writing novels. It's like the ocean. You can just build a boat and take off.
I don't think there was a particular book that made me want to write. They all did. I always wanted to write.
The first book really was kind of an entertaining textbook for the homemaker. I couldn't find a good book about entertaining in 1982, and neither could my friend, so I decided to write it.