The Author of Go Gentle Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire Maria Semple’s novel, Go Gentle ,  is available now from G.P. Putnam’s Sons, so we asked her a few questions about writer’s block, first literary loves, and more. This conversation has been condensed and edited. * How do you tackle writer’s block? I don’t really believe in writer’s block. I believe that there are books that don’t want to be written. And I believe it might take a really long time to figure that out. I happen to love writing. It’s never a problem for me to sit down and start writing. But I will definitely write the wrong book. And it might take me months or literally years to find out that I’m working on the wrong book. While you’re working on the book that’s not coming together, it’s a real mindfuck. Because you don’t know if it’s just honest hard work and it’s an honorable struggle and you’re going to get there. I’ve written many drafts of Go Gentle and abandoned it many times only to go back to it.…