All novelists write in a different way, but I always write in longhand and then do two versions of typescript on a computer.
“My first novel is loaded with food references largely because my cupboards were bare, and I was writing hungry.”
“I figure it's almost like a balance. We're eating these wonderful collard greens and turnip greens which are so medicinally good for you and, OK, so what if it has a little ham hock in it?”