Jennifer Weiner — American Writer born on March 28, 1970,

Jennifer Weiner is an American writer, television producer, and former journalist. She is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania... (wikipedia)

Whenever people with money have power over people with less money, you have the potential for exploitation.
The difference between people who believe they have books inside of them and those who actually write books is sheer cussed persistence - the ability to make yourself work at your craft, every day - the belief, even in the face of obstacles, that you've got something worth saying.
I get really starstruck and tongue tied when I'm around other writers and the conversation tends not to go well.
I think it's a very old and deep-seated double standard that holds that when a man writes about family and feelings, it's literature with a capital L, but when a woman considers the same topics, it's romance, or a beach book - in short, it's something unworthy of a serious critic's attention.
Character is character and voice is voice, which translates nicely from writing novels to writing TV. But the process is different. You have a writer's room, people pitch you jokes and you collaborate.