Write what you know, they said
When what you know is who you know....
I can’t be the only big time fan of 1994's Little Women. If you know, you know, but if you don’t, a little context: in the early scenes of the film, Wynona Ryder's Jo declares proudly that the first rule of writing is never to write what you know. Right on, Jo, thought little me. Sage advice. But it's…