In an interview with the writer A J Adaire, Mari SanGiovanni explains how she began writing — “I wanted to read something like Rubyfruit Jungle only for a big, fat, loud Italian family, only with some lesbos sprinkled in to complicate matters.” Admits that “tons of what I write is fueled by real life, but also totally fictionalized (so I won’t be sued by my family – hahaha)”. And explains the difficulties for an author of marketing herself and her hunch that getting a movie made “will sell more books and bring more people to the writing.” She also explains why she thinks lesbian movies are currently not going mainstream.

To read the whole interview, click here.

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