This is The Beautiful Writers' Podcast.

I'm Linda Siebertson, and I'm here with my guest host today, Danny Shapiro, who was a guest on this show late last year.

Danny is the author of Still Writing, plus five incredible novels and the best-selling memoirs, slow motion, and devotion,

with a third coming out in April.

We're like little kids excited to bring you the legendary Ms. Terry McMillan today,

who is currently on tour for her eighth novel, I Almost Forgot about you,

published by Crown, and currently getting raves from the New York Times book review,

the LA Times, and O Magazine, to name a few. Terry is the number one New York Times bestselling

author of Waiting to Exhale, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, a day late and a dollar short,

the interruption of everything, and the editor of Breaking Ice, an anthology of contemporary

African-American fiction. And like Danny, Terry's taught for years as a professor, so I'm

looking forward to hearing the two of them talk shop and craft. Four of Terry's novels have

been made into movies with stars like Whitney Houston, Angela Bassett,

and Whoopi Goldberg, playing what Terry's best known for, characters full of wit and rich

with friendship.

Oh, and great sex scenes, but we'll get to that later.

I thank you so much for joining us for what is sure to be a ridiculously fun interview filled

with hilarity and I'm also guessing

adult language. I believe this because we've been chatting recently and some things are just

obvious and too much fun to tame. So if you've got kids within earshot, you might want to wait a bit.

The three of us will be here when you're ready, slightly rebellious and always grateful,

digging deep and going for the light. Welcome.

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