Introducing the Writers Who Read Series

I’m excited to announce a new series on this blog, Writers Who Read.

I’m both a writer and a huge book nerd, and I’m thrilled at the chance to bring these two interests together through a series of writer interviews particularly focused on books and reading.

I’ll be interviewing writers–of all stripes, at all stages of their writing journey–and sending them ten questions focused on their reading lives. Questions like, How do you balance reading and writing? and What are your three favorite childhood books?

The goals of Writers Who Read:

• to provide an opportunity for authors to talk a little about what they write and a lot about what they read
• to help readers (and reader-writers) discover new authors and books
• to celebrate our shared love of books

I’ve got a group of writers already scheduled, but I’d love to expand this list and make it as diverse as possible. If you are interested in participating, email me at writerggandrew AT gmail.com and I’ll send you more details! In the meantime, check out the latest interview in the series.

**Update: due to an enthusiastic response, I’m booked with interviews until July 2015! I am no longer scheduling guest interviews at this point, but if you’d like to be on the waiting list for interviews after July 2015, drop me a line and indicate if there’s a particular date you want. I’d like to continue the series past a year, I just don’t want to get too ahead of myself!**

Note: I don’t generally review books on this site, and so I won’t be reviewing the books featured in this series. It’s a time thing: between two book clubs, my own writing, and chasing two little boys I don’t have time to read all the books. But one of the joys of this series for me has been discovering new authors and stories, and I’ve been digging learning more about writers’ work as well as their reading…even if my TBR list is growing to astronomical proportions!