Question Of The Day, Wednesday, Aug 16, 2017

[Mamanyt1953]

Let's say, just for fun, that your life has been vastly fascinating and a publisher has contacted you about having a very well-known author write a fictionalized version of your life. Which author do you want to write it and why?

And I'm actually having a hard time with this one. I kinda want Krys Radish because she writes the most beautiful books about the friendships between women. But on the other hand, I think that Jennifer Crusie, with her wonderful sense of the absurd, could capture parts of me so very well. But on the other other hand, Alice Hoffman's sweet, natural inclusion of everyday magics draws me very strongly, indeed. I wonder if the publisher would let the collaborate?

 

[Winchester]

If Erma Bombeck was still alive, it would have to be her! Because the stuff that goes on around here sometimes? People wouldn't believe me if I told them.

 

[kashmir64]

Douglas Adams. Except he's dead.
If anyone could make my life interesting, it would be him.

 

[cassiopea]

Anne Applebaum, she wrote one of my favourite books about the history of the Gulags - writes well and is informative.


If I wanted something with a bit more "Pazzazz" though I reckon I would choose George RR Martin (Granted, who knows how many of my family members would survive on his version ) or Scott Lynch. Both elegant and eye grasping story tellers.

 

[Norachan]

Lewis Caroll.

I think he could write it in a similar way to the way it was lived.

 

[micknsnicks2mom]

If Erma Bombeck was still alive, it would have to be her! Because the stuff that goes on around here sometimes? People wouldn't believe me if I told them.