Justin Lancy

Even without publishing a new book, Michael Chabon had a busy 2015: He provided the lyrics for musician/producer Mark Ronson’s Uptown Special, which went gold in the UK, and completed the first draft of the script for the film Bob the Musical, directed by Michael Hazanavicius and starring Tom Cruise. During the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival in Bali, the 52-year-old Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist discussed how travel fits into his work and family life.

If it’s someplace like this [Bali], it all gets completely thrown out of whack. It’s usually a few days, at least, before I start feeling like I have even the ability to work. And then, when that happens, the overall effort to stay on a normal schedule would include going back to the hotel at night and putting up at least an hour.A lot of writers employ what I’d call shorter, “low commitment” avenues for expressing themselves online, using apps such as Twitter and Instagram.

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