david baldacci his hometown, how are you? >> guest: fica, you? , good. i love the amos decker series. definitely i love how you brought melvyn back into the fix. i was shocked, didn't think you'd carry on the character. i was calling, what advice do you have for a 13 year old who wants to be a lawyer but also wants to be a writer? >> guest: that's a a great question. i was kind of in that same situation. reading a lot is great and playing around with words is great because that's what both lawyers and writers do. i would say join a book club writing group, and you will find a lot of people with very similar interest. you might want to get involved. there are a lot of organizations around, legal organizations, law firms sponsors these to encourage people to go into law. you can go look at some of those for summer camps that deal with that as well. the truth discipline share a lot of, notes. so i think if he or she goes and does as she might find their people there who have the same dream that your kid does. i would say open up a blank page journal and sta

david baldacci his hometown, how are you? >> guest: fica, you? , good. i love the amos decker series. definitely i love how you brought melvyn back into the fix. i was shocked, didn't think you'd carry on the character. i was calling, what advice do you have for a 13 year old who wants to be a lawyer but also wants to be a writer? >> guest: that's a a great question. i was kind of in that same situation. reading a lot >> guest: reading a lot is great. playing around with words is great. that is both what lawyers and writers do. join a book club, you'll find a lot of people with similar interests. you might want to get involved. there are organizations, legal organizations and law firms sponsor these to encourage them to go into law. summer camps that deal with that as well. but they share commonality. if he or she goes they might find people i there who have the same dream that your kid does. i would say, open up a blank page journalists are writing something down. it could be a line of dialogue, little plotter narrative. do that a little bit every day.