Magic. Mystery. Polyamory: How to Talk About Your Next Book

I did my first radio interview this weekend (it won’t go live for three weeks. Patience, grasshopper). I’ve done a podcast before, but radio was new, and I was pretty excited. So I asked ahead of time for the questions so I could prepare some responses. Which, you know, you should always do.

What invariably happens in interviews is that somebody asks me, “Who are your favorite authors?” or “Who are your favorite women authors?” and I can only think of like three people on the spot, and in the...