Rhode Island based author Vanessa Lillie came by Real Talk Rhody to talk her new book, "The Bone Thief", how she became an author, Rhode Island as a main character and more.

00:01: The art of sitting down and saying, "Im going to write a book today!" 

5:54: How Rhode Island plays a main character in her book

6:50: mindset going into book release day

 8:00: What is, "book selling?"

10:06: The importance of Native American Heritage Month

 15:39: Coming up with the title of a book

17:00: Visualizing certain actors and actresses in books

18:17: Young Rich Widows as Real Housewives of RI prep