With coffee coming in a very close second.

Ask the Novelist #3

Dear Bill,
Now that marijuana is legal in your state are you going to have a little . . . something . . . as you work on your book?
--A Fan Says "High"

Dear AFSH,
Chocolate and coffee. Dance with the one what brung you.
--Bill

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Dear Bill,
What do you think about MFA programs for writers?
--Still a Student

Dear SAS,
If it helps you become a better writer, that's great. If it's a stall tactic, might not be the best plan. In school or out, if you want to be a writer -- if you are a writer -- write. Daily.
--Bill

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Dear Bill,
Is it easier or harder to be a novelist now compared to forty years ago?
--Just a Kid

Dear JAK,
Yes! Easier because of computers and the Internet. Harder because there weren't as many of us all those years ago. Typing (you know, typing?, with a typewriter?) and then retyping discouraged a lot of would-be writers. And then there were trips to the library to go through card catalogs and reference shelves. (Ask your grandparents.)
--Bill

Just keep writing.

Q & A on Writing and Such

Thanks so much to CatholicFiction.net  for running an interview of me yapping away about writing and The World's Funniest Atheist.

It was interesting for me to answer their questions. Made me think about my influences, habits and such. I notice that my answers tended to be brief. Just like my novels.

They didn't ask and so I remained mum on The Role of Chocolate in an Author's Life.

Probably just as well.

Just keep writing.