When you meet writers, you hope to, of course, make friends. They must always be long-distance friends, the kind you'll probably only see at the next convention or conference or book fair. You also hope to learn something about writing or the business of writing -- distinct topics that sometimes get hopelessly intertwined.
For the next several months, I'm going to be asking some of these writers that I've met a few questions and seeing what they have to say for themselves especially as regards the writing process. Here's who I've talked to so far: