He's almost 13 now, and since he was two and a half he's seen his Mom typing at the typewriter. You've talked in the past about a backlash against your success. There is a price for popularity. Critics look for your weaknesses, your flaws, anything that makes the work seem like a fluke and not seem worthy of all the attention it's getting. Time magazine panned it for that.
Few writers are willing to admit writing is autobiographical.
It's a fear they won't be seen as original. It really pisses me off. I mean that motherfucker from Time, he just wanted to say I hadn't written a novel, which I resent. If I'd known what he was going to do, I would have never let him in the door. So fuck 'em.