Talking to Writers When They're Writing

Ok, so totally odd question... but what if you were walking into a cafe and spotted your favorite author at their laptop writing. What would you do?

Would you go up to them? Would you interrupt just so you could meet them and maybe get them to sign something?

Or would you stay away? Either because you didn't want to disturb them or because you'd be worried about breaking their flow, and causing them to forget their next thought thereby changing the entire ending to their best selling series and thus destroying an entire fandom's faith in all that is good? Ok, so probably it takes more than that to ruin a fandom, but you get my drift.

And then Voldemort said, "Can't we all just get along."
"Let's hug," Harry chirped in agreement. 

I ask because I've been learning lately that I've been recognized or spotted quite a few times by other writer/bloggers in the area at cafes--all who didn't interrupt me at the time, but told me about it later at an event. Beyond the fact that I'm now realizing I need to check my make-up before hunkering down for my public marathon sessions, it just got me wondering. Especially because a lot of people who don't recognize me seem to think it's okay to interrupt and ask what I'm doing.

For the record, if you know me, say hi. If you don't, you're not reading this blog...and you'll probably say hi anyway.

I know if I saw one of my favorite writers writing...one I wasn't friends with....I'd probably be totally intimidated, but dying inside to talk to them and see what they're working on and if they want to bounce an idea around. I always think of Georgina Kincaid in Succubus Blues when she goes to interrupt Seth Mortensen and then goes into awe that she may have influenced a page of his book. I love that!

There's still something kind of magical about the moment a word leaves your mind and finds its way onto paper, isn't there? And seeing it happen for someone else has its own magic too.

So do you watch the magic, or become a part of it?