1/ Re: this column. I'm getting -so- much feedback along the lines of "You don't understaaaand. Writers need uninterrupted hours to never be disturbed; they can't interrupted to go buy parmesan." https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/philip-roth-blake-bailey-women-issues-misogyny/2021/04/23/f53f44ec-a37c-11eb-85fc-06664ff4489d_story.html

2/ Y'all, I have published six books: five novels, two of them New York Times bestsellers. I have written hundreds of thousands of words in between unloading the dishwasher, cleaning up dog puke, calling the HVAC guy and, yes, running to the grocery store.

3/ If you are married to a writer and they tell you their creative process means they cannot contribute to your household, it might not be that they're a genius. It might be that they're a jerk.