This new series will bring that spirit back, only this time it feels even more meaningful.

Let me tell you why.

Several years ago, after speaking at a book event, a man approached me. He told me that his mother-in-law—who was living with dementia—kept all of my books on a shelf beside her bed. She had become, in his words, “my biggest fan.” But what he said next stopped me in my tracks.

Over the years, I've adapted to writing just about anywhere—back tables in fast food joints, libraries surrounded by stacks of research books, and even the passenger seat of a car. I'm set if I have some scrap paper, a few sharp pencils, and a fully charged laptop. But the room in my home with a view of the sunrise is my favorite place to write!