Life

Carol Goodman, the awardwinning author of The Night Visitors, discusses the role of real-time research in novelwriting. Do novelists meaningfully observe modern life, or are they duplicitous spies?

Nobody wants to work with a complainer or a bitter person. Part of your role is to help make all the other roles succeed. Have an open mind, and understand that we are part of a bigger universe.

‘Twas the night before Christmas—and my younger sister and I were very unhappy. My mother had laid down the law. This year, there would be no Christmas tree.