The combination of having Corona, who I've known for so many years and trust so deeply, and Sonny, who had published my books at Pan, was very nurturing. Mehta's personal involvement with Antarctic Navigation somewhat eased the blow of Machemer's recent departure from Knopf, although Arthur feels bereft and hopes to continue working with Machemer, who plans to become a freelance editor. One of Arthur's works in progress is another nonfiction project. They're freeing in different ways. Fiction gives you the freedom to make up anything that comes to mind and to serve your own purposes within the text.
Nonfiction already has a frame, so it's a completely different kind of discipline.
Fiction just allows you to start running toward the horizon.