They did it again. Flower, instead of flowers, on my birthday. And 95 minutes late, but it's hard to leave when you've shared so much. Your postcode, your gluten intolerance. Then I saw it. 25% off your first Akado shop, plus free delivery. And I just knew I'd found the online supermarket of my dreams.

Arcado, Life Delivered.

Geographical restrictions, mined spend 60 pounds, and charges apply.

Max saving 20 pounds, new customers only, terms at Accardo.com.

This is Design Matters with Debbie Millman from Design Observer.com.

On this program, Debbie Milman talks with writer Danny Shapiro about being raised in Orthodox Jew,

about being vulnerable in her work, and about writing her way out of an existential crisis.

All day long, I would do everything I needed to do. I would take care of work. I would take care of my baby. I would take care of my family. I would have my to-do list. I would pass out at the end of that day. And then at 3 o'clock in the morning, it was like the hour of truth. Here's Debbie Milman. What does it take to lead a creative life?

What does it take year in and year out to turn what's in your imagination into a reality?

How do you stay disciplined when pretty much everything in our world conspires against it?

These are some of the questions Danny Shapiro addresses in her new book,

Still Writing, The Perils and Pleasures of a Creative Life. It's about writing and the writer's

life, but the same lessons apply to all creative disciplines, including design. Danny Shapiro

speaks from her own vast experience, both as a writer and teaching others to write.

Her books include five novels and the best-selling memoirs, devotion and slow motion.

She's here to talk about her new work, her books, and what it took to see them into the world.

Danny Shapiro, welcome to Design Matters.

Thanks, Debbie. It's great to be here with you.

So, Danny, is it true that when you were nine months old, you were the Beech Nut Baby Food Baby,

and when you were two years old, you were the Kodak Christmas poster child?

This is true.

So you grew up in New Jersey in an Orthodox Jewish home.

...