I missed this past weeks blog hop with Romance Writers Weekly but I loved the topic so much I just had to write a blog about it myself. The question was: If you could have any author (dead or alive) sit down to dinner with you, who would it be and why?
So many authors have captured my attention and my heart since I began reading, it would be hard to choose just one. So perhaps I will have multiple authors over for dinner and after we eat we can play a game. I always enjoy a board game, cards or fun strategic game after eating.
Around my dinner table I would have; Jane Austin, Lucy Maud Montgomery, J.R.R. Tolkien, J.K. Rowling, Meg Cabot, Tamora Pierce, Stephen King, Sara Bennett and George R.R. Martin.
Wow what a diverse group this is! I think the conversation would be very interesting! I would love to hear about how they each decided to become writers and their struggles and triumphs along the way. After the conversation winds down and we dive into dessert (because I love making dessert) we play a game. Now who would win…
Along with my choice of dinner guests, I’ve included my favourite quotes from each!
Jane Austin: “Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery.”
Lucy Maud Montgomery: “Tomorrow is always fresh, with no mistakes in it.”
J.R.R. Tolkien: “All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.”
J.K. Rowling: “We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all the power we need inside ourselves already. We have the power to imagine better.“
Meg Cabot: “Save your rejections so that later when you are famous you can show them to people and laugh.“
Tamora Pierce: “I continued to write what I wanted to read: Female warriors, girl warriors, who made sense. Who did not surrender what they had labored to become, even if they fell in love.”
Sara Bennett: “Sometimes writing anything is a struggle but I keep trying because I love it.”
Stephen King: “Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.”
George R.R. Martin: “Love is poison. A sweet poison, yes, but it will kill you all the same.”
Who wouldn’t want to be at this dinner table?
Until next time, thanks for reading and following along!
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