"Much of the book writing process is spent in front of a screen, but being in a coffee shop is a reminder that your readers are actually real people, not a collection of pixels. That your words don’t just flop into an abyss or under an editor’s red pen, or into the horror of the bargain bin. They’re ideas and stories that will ultimately be consumed by other real human beings, most of whom you won’t know personally at all. Or, maybe just your dad. But he cares, too."