Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Day Four: A Deadly Question

Welcome to the Party! A few snags, but what party doesn't have an uninvited troublemaker? We're celebrating the release of POISON, YOUR GRACE, so here goes.

Yesterday's winner of the draw for an Amazon gift certificate is Laura. Congratulations!

Haven't seen any books yet, so everyone's guess on the delivery date is still good!

Commenting is a bit of a problem for some, and I apologize. Feel free to email me the comment and I'll enter you in the drawing, post your wisdom for the world, and give you credit. pherring@m33access.com

Today's question is NOT morbid, honestly. It's just for creative speculation.
If you could not be the wonderful "you" you are and you had to instead be a dead author, which one would you choose and why?
Peg's anwer: (Gee, Peg, you ask really tough questions!) I probably should say Shakespeare, because I love his plays so much, but as a novelist I would choose Thomas Hardy because I love his characterization, grasp of setting and human frailty, and subtle humor, and I've come to share his world view more and more over time.
This is London Bridge as it was. It will play a large part in Book #3 of the Simon & Elizabeth series, my WIP.
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12 comments:

  1. I forgot to say that yesterday's most interesting comment was Barbara's, but that might be because she used the word "pie" in her comment. That gets me every time.

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  2. I would want to be Edgar Allen Poe because I want people to have a reaction to my writing and he knew how to creep people out and still does even with today's horror as competition, he is still the master of the genre.
    Wendy who doesn't write horror but is in awe of the way he turns a phrase into terror!
    A Case of Hometown Blues
    http://www.amazon.com/Case-Hometown-Blues-3/dp/1610090179/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_4

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  3. As a mystery author, I'd have to choose the prolific Agatha Christie, because then I'd learn the mystery surrounding her disappearance in 1926.

    ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY GLUE GUN can be found at:
    http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0738723479?ie=UTF8&tag=loiswins-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0738723479%22%3EAssault%20with%20a%20Deadly%20Glue%20Gun%20(An%20Anastasia%20Pollack%20Crafting%20Mystery)%3C/a%3E%3Cimg

    or: http://ow.ly/7rks4

    and look for DEATH BY KILLER MOP DOLL, coming in Jan.

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  4. I'm going with Edgar Allen Poe because not only would I be able to tell a compelling story, remain popular way past my expiration date but I'd also have a homely yet incredibly desirable statuette of myself--which I could win for telling mystery stories.

    http://www.amazon.com/Murder-Music-Wedding-Quilt-Mystery/dp/1432825445/ref=pd_rhf_gw_p_t_1

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  5. I'd like to be Daphne DuMaurier - surrounded by creative family and friends.

    Congratulations, Peg, on POISON, YOUR GRACE! I believe your books will arrive Friday, November 18th at 11:18 AM.

    My link: Coming in January, AFFAIRS OF STEAK
    http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/affairs-of-steak-julie-hyzy/1101075702?ean=9780425245835&itm=8&usri=hyzy

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  6. Gerri's answer:
    Dame Agatha Christie because she had a mysterious personal life and because I've read the complete canon over and over.

    Gerrie Ferris Finger
    THE GHOST SHIP
    http://amzn.to/r3imp5

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  7. Dorothy Sayers. She could write anything -- poetry, essays, translations, and, oh yeah, mysteries :)

    "Foul Play at the PTA" July 2011
    http://tinyurl.com/bomod9p

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  8. I would like to be Louisa May Alcott...a true writer's writer. DOUBLE BOOKED FOR DEATH (on the shelves Dec 6!) http://tinyurl.com/7h6f3ks

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  9. Hi Peg,

    I tried to post and it kicked me out. All I said was that I wanted to be Beatrix
    Potter (no one said it had to be a mystery writer) so that I would have lots of
    cartoon friends to talk to. Wait, I think that was just in the movie...
    Linda

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  10. I'd come back as Rex Stout, so I could bring a woman's perspective to Wolfe and Archie. I'd so like to read a Stout where I don't already know the ending, although if I was writing it, I guess I would know the ending. . .eventually!

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  11. I would like to be V.C. Andrews, but only because she's still publishing new books even though she's been dead for years!

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  12. From email:

    I have to choose Mark Twain, because he was intelligent in a comfortable way, colorful in a quiet way, and his stories gave the reader
    an excitingly pleasant journey.
    Noreen

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