Was It Intimidating to Write About a Great Writer?

Was it intimidating to be writing about one of the greatest writers that we've known, in his estimation and a lot of ours? Do it make it somehow easier to get into the floe? I wanted the book to read as if it were aport of her. So there was a certain keeping him at bay. And you'll notice, for example, he's not really ever born in this book. It's hard to keep the men out room.