 It's just something we do and we don't even think about it. I mean, I was growing up in Oregon, you know, as far away from New York as you can get. I'd never met an editor, an agent, an author, but I love to read. And my grandmother took me every summer to the summer reading programs. And when I was 17, I just got it into my head. I'm going to see if I can write a novel. And since I didn't know any better, I did.