"I think there's nothing more cringey than whipping open the laptop to a Microsoft Word document. I would feel too embarrassed to do that. But whenever I travel, I wind up writing something. With Half His Age, I wrote that primarily at home in Los Angeles, but I also wrote it in Carlsbad, in San Diego, in New York City, in Chicago, in San Jose, Stockholm, Copenhagen, and Mexico. I wrote it everywhere."
"I do need quiet, but location doesn't particularly matter. I was in Mexico for a wedding and everybody was hanging out at the pool party, but I was in the room with the doors shut writing Half His Age. I did hear a little Katy Perry bleeding through at one point."
"I just got back from Hong Kong, Vietnam, and Cambodia. The food in Vietnam was amazing. I had so much good pho. The people could not have been kinder. I went with my significant other and at one point he joked, "Okay, I'm ready to get back to the assholes of L.A.""
Jennette McCurdy recently returned from Vietnam and enthusiastically recommends Hội An for its food, people, and local experiences. She traveled through Hong Kong, Vietnam, and Cambodia and highlighted memorable pho and friendly locals. Her new book, Half His Age, is a novel about a teenage girl's infatuation with her creative-arts teacher; the idea began during a trip to Japan. She composed Half His Age across many cities, including Los Angeles, Carlsbad, New York City, Chicago, San Jose, Stockholm, Copenhagen, and Mexico, preferring quiet spaces to focus. She avoids opening a laptop to work while flying.
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