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Old 01-26-2010, 10:56 PM
 
Location: Texas
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Old 01-26-2010, 11:08 PM
 
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Whoever the rich guys were who wrote the Old Testament.
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Old 01-28-2010, 06:36 AM
 
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I love Ann Rule's books.
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Old 01-28-2010, 06:38 AM
 
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My all-time favorite book is The Heaven Tree by an author named Edith Pargeter. The way she wrote took me back in time to the 12th century and I loved and hated her characters as if I knew them personally.
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Old 01-28-2010, 06:41 AM
 
Location: The Jar
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Charles Dickens, C.S. Lewis, Peter Benchley, Jules Vern, H.G. Wells, Hans Christian Anderson, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Patricia Cornwell.
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Old 01-28-2010, 05:36 PM
 
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Ann Tyler, Andre Dubus, Andre Dubus III, Ken Follett, Wally Lamb. I'm sure I'm forgetting some.
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Old 01-28-2010, 06:57 PM
 
Location: Just west of the Missouri River
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First, Susanna Clarke--she hasn't written much, but she's magical!

Second, Penelope Lively. Just a very intelligent author who describes the essence of being human.

Third, da*m anyone who can make a living putting words onto paper.
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Old 01-28-2010, 07:00 PM
 
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If you could write books like anyone, who would you emulate?
And what an interesting and poignant question you have posed for all the readers who would be writers. --Thanks
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Old 01-28-2010, 08:17 PM
 
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And what an interesting and poignant question you have posed for all the readers who would be writers. --Thanks
Indeed. I have taken writing workshops, and in one of them we were given passages to read by well-known writers and then instructed to write a paragraph in their style. The purpose is not to focus simply on emulating them, but to stretch your own abilities.

The best writers are readers.
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Old 01-29-2010, 12:01 AM
 
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