![]() ![]() She told me that she’d had a casual conversation with my publisher about the First Moon Party video, which they both thought had touched a collective nerve. One day in the spring of that year, my agent called me at the hospital. Also, I’m a humorous writer, but it won’t surprise you to hear that I wasn’t feeling especially funny. You need to get into the “zone”–you can’t be typing in a noisy Pediatrics waiting area. To write a book, you can’t have your child’s health crowding out everything else in your brain. My oldest son was battling cancer (osteosarcoma), and I was overwhelmed, spending long, draining days with him at Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital. ![]() Everyone was chatting about it, charmed by its mischievous humor and its empathy for the mom and daughter going through that most sensitive time, a girl’s first period.Īt the time the video appeared online, I wasn’t writing. Remember this one, titled First Moon Party? A few years ago, it went viral. My sixth novel had the unlikeliest inspiration: a YouTube video. ![]()
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