But is there a purpose to this? There

is, besides the little dare bet in Italy.

That's honestly God's truth.

That really did happen in Italy.

But I already had the idea for a mystery series.

And I come from a mix of like, I have a PhD in creative writing, right? From Lancaster University, UK.

And so we study genre, we do all these things.

And I was like, oh, no,

I know, but that's

exactly it.

Because if all these characters come from my life, I'm actually almost on a sofa right now.

So that's kind of, can you see me? I'm like waving.

But that's exactly it.

That's our other camera.

The little red thing in the corner? Okay, I always thought that was that.

Do you think it makes you better as a writer, not as a person, but a better writer? Is it hindering you? What does it mean to you to have that educational background? And what does it do to people like us who read and try to figure it all out and don't have the education in this? From the