And though I feel like something of an outsider in Winston-Salem, I have to say that North Carolina has been good to us. [...] The housing prices are quite reasonable; we have a nice place to live, with a big yard. Because of our limited social life, we get a lot of writing done.
You asked if my writing would be different if I lived in Nebraska. You know, I think it might — I wonder if a feeling of longing for a place is necessary to imagine it completely.
