i'm marc lamont hill. she's heating up the pages. our all-access profiles novelist terry mcmillan. plus, blacks and the new media. where do we stand? and we'll wrap things up with a soulful look at gospel singer lolanda adams. that's what's going on in our world, starting now. ♪ >> with six best selling novels behind her and another just released, novelist terry mcmillan shows no signs of slowing down. i caught up with her at harlem's famous bookstore to discuss her career, new book, and life after divorce. terry mcmillan, always good to see you. thank you so much for joining us today. talk to me a little bit about this new book. it's exciting. you decided to revisit "waiting to exhale" and bringing back to the lives of those four women. what's that like? >> it was like revisiting old friends, even though they weren't real. basically, i just had to get to know them again as real grownups and not as youthful women. >> so many of us remember not so much the book, but the movie and it had this happy ending, p