I Am A Total Coffee Snob And

The Lady' Is A Piddling Little Magazine That No One Cares About Or Buys.

I Love Writing Journalism Because It's All Over In Two Hours And Comes Straight Off The Top Of The Head. Writing Novels Is Soooooo Much Harder. It's The Hardest Thing I've Ever Done.

I Think Everyone Can Recognize The One-upmanship And The Competition That Go On Wherever You Are, Especially Among Groups Where The Women Don't Have To Hold Down Office Jobs And Instead Get In A Total Snit About Who Won The Longest Carrot Contest Or Took First Prize For Summer Chutney In The August Fete.

I Don't Mind Being Called Snobbish, A Pain And A Social Climber, But Being Called Unkind Really Hurts.

English People Are Famous For Never Speaking Out But Only Saying What They Really Feel About You Behind Your Back. Americans Believe The Shortest Distance Between Two Points Is A Straight Line. I Like Exploring Those, Er, Differences In National Snippiness.