When I was 30 or so - by that time I had become an assistant D.A. - I decided I would try to write a novel. To be clear: I did not decide to become a novelist. Honestly, it never crossed my mind that I could actually earn a living as a professional novelist.
“I started with ballet and then my cousin Sarah introduced me to her tap teachers.”
“An invitation to a wedding invokes more trouble than a summons to a police court.”