tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5817248340630521543.post4882693234042556208..comments2023-10-10T09:39:33.688-07:00Comments on Writes in the City: Who is your go-to for inspiration?WendyCinNYChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15548500219172368038noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5817248340630521543.post-38172528251956502822008-05-30T20:39:00.000-07:002008-05-30T20:39:00.000-07:00I like authors that give me romance, adventure and...I like authors that give me romance, adventure and happy endings.<BR/><BR/>Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice. The first literary romance novelist.<BR/><BR/>Dave Barry - Humor Columns. He makes writing about silly stuff look easy. But it ain't easy. He makes me laugh all the time.<BR/><BR/>JK Rowling - Harry Potter Series - She's so darn witty. Nobody else can write children growing up in danger quite like she can.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5817248340630521543.post-21040402791009235442008-05-23T09:43:00.000-07:002008-05-23T09:43:00.000-07:00I find music very inspiring - plus it's an excuse ...I find music very inspiring - plus it's an excuse to trawl <I>You Tube</I> when I should be writing.<BR/><BR/>I think as a reader, the person who most inspired me to write is Daphne Du Maurier.Cate Gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634397106201021055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5817248340630521543.post-28351773678442005272008-05-23T08:44:00.000-07:002008-05-23T08:44:00.000-07:00Jan Karon is one for me. Her books are so full of ...Jan Karon is one for me. Her books are so full of life! You feel you really <I>know</I> the characters in her books, and like you're living in amongst the story. It's a sad feeling when you finish one of her books (from her Mitford Series).Janna Leadbetterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06339705935553160673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5817248340630521543.post-21471481006683314892008-05-22T14:12:00.000-07:002008-05-22T14:12:00.000-07:00Ed--Bawdy works for me. I like a good bawdy tale e...Ed--Bawdy works for me. I like a good bawdy tale every now and again. <BR/><BR/>Brandy--I can't even tell you how many "Girlfriends Guide to Pregnancy" I have given away to friends over the years. I was the first of my friends to fall. Great book.<BR/><BR/>And thanks!WendyCinNYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15548500219172368038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5817248340630521543.post-69428271056414660782008-05-22T14:03:00.000-07:002008-05-22T14:03:00.000-07:00Vicki Iovine, She wrote the "Girlfriends Guide To ...Vicki Iovine, She wrote the "Girlfriends Guide To Pregnancy" and a series following that.<BR/><BR/>I love her wit, mild straight forward tone like she is actually talking to her girlfriends.<BR/><BR/>I try and write that way, but to me it comes off as immature instead of funny. So I scrap it. That's why writing is a process I guess! I love your titles by the way, they always make me laugh!Brandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09196799000294068791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5817248340630521543.post-43345284334666257332008-05-22T12:00:00.000-07:002008-05-22T12:00:00.000-07:00Mine are from different worlds than yours. But I'm...Mine are from different worlds than yours. But I'm guessing I write about different worlds than you do, too. So my authors are:<BR/><BR/><B>Robert E. Howard.</B> Creator of Conan. Bawdy adventure, full of life and colorful descriptions.<BR/><BR/><B>Edgar Rice Burroughs.</B> Creator of Tarzan. Rich imagination, the guy created so many different worlds and filled them with wild and wonderful characters.<BR/><BR/><B>Walter Gibson.</B> Wrote <I>The Shadow</I> pulps under the psuedonym of Maxwell Grant. Write something like 282 novels, often writing two 60,000 novels per month, writing at a pace of 10,000 to 15,000 words a day! I can't even fathom that, but I admire it.Ed Wyrdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00611701736062404775noreply@blogger.com