20.4 Curtis Sittenfeld, novelist

<p style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt 0cm;"> <span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #222222; background: white;"> How do you simply get things done? Viv talks to the American writer, Curtis Sittenfeld</span>, whose new novel, <a href= "https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/442585/romantic-comedy-by-sittenfeld-curtis/9780857527493"> Romantic Comedy</a>, is already a bestseller and has been selected for Reese Witherspoon’s Book Club. They chat about feminist breakthroughs, navigating the room – literally and metaphorically, and what to do with your hands in a photoshoot with an A-list movie star.</p> <p style="background: white;"><span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> She tells Viv that it’s a feminist act to assume knowledge by the women in your audience. And on the business of pushing projects forward she shares tips on separating your to do list and your emotions, and in the face of being overwhelmed, taking a moment to calmly ask the question - what do I need to do to get this done?</span></p> <p style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt 0cm;"> <span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #333333;"> Viv's new book, </span><span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Happy-High-Status-Effortlessly-Confident-ebook/dp/B0BH8CQZMZ/ref=sr_1_4?crid=2RJZ2IGU56P0E&keywords=viv+groskop&qid=1678998573&s=digital-text&sprefix=viv+grosko%2Cdigital-text%2C85&sr=1-4"><span style="color: #060606; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Happy High Status: How to Be Effortlessly Confident</span></a></span><span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #333333;">, is available for preorder.</span></p> <p style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt 0cm;"> <span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext