Author Q&A: Peter Mehlman, “Mandela was Late”

Q&A Excerpt:Why did you write Mandela was Late?After 12 years of writing almost nothing but scripts, I was dying to get back to writing full sentences. I was originally a journalist at the Washington Post so it was like going home again. Of course, I couldn’t do actual newspaper journalism—they have staffers for that—so I focused on articles, essays and op-ed columns. The cache of having been a Seinfeld writer made it easier to get my stories read but I never really saw it coming together as a book. I just kept my eyes and ears open for subjects, one at a time.For the full Q&A, click here: writeononline.com