C. Dale Young is a poet and an inspiration to me (in particular I have acknowledged him for a piece he wrote that helped me shape a part of Truck). He just attended a literary convention and talked about it in a recent blog post:
Best thing overheard yesterday:
“I don’t really know what they do here, but I know they all look like they are in pain. I think they are all writers.”
–Convention Center person answering question from a participant of the Auto Show next door