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 Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 3:46 am
Who is your writer-idol? Why? Tell a book of his/hers!
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Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 4:25 am
There are two.
My favorite author: Terry Pratchett
His best book: Night Watch
My writing idol: Dave Duncan
His best series: A Man of his Word
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Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 7:21 am
My writing idols:
Orson Scott Card
Best books: Umm... almost everything? Seriously, though, Ender's Game and Enchantment are among my absolute favorites.
Stephen Lawhead
Best series: The Pendragon Cycle
Frank Peretti
Best book: This Present Darkness
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Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 8:10 am
R.A. Salvatore
The Demon Awakens (Part of a series called the Demonwars)
He's a terrific author, and this is the first in a great, mature world he's created all of his own.
Check it out! A little cliche for at the very beginning, but good stuff!
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Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 9:57 am
On Fanfiction.net, there is a writer named Satashi, whose fanfic got me interested in writing. He may not be famous, but I still admire him!! blaugh
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Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 10:11 am
My favorite writer is Melanie Rawn. Her Dragon Prince series was amazingly written and you really got to know all of the characters. I can't really describe the style of writing, but I couldn't put the books down once I started reading them ^^
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Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 11:05 am
Janny Wurts-at one time one of my favorite authors, and although I don't really care much about her books anymore I still have a lot of admiration for her because she writes AND does her own covers. C.J. Cherryh-at the moment, my favorite writer
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Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 11:25 am
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Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 12:26 pm
Oh, yeah. That's a good one. I really liked the Fortress series, even though the ending was a bit flat...
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Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 1:31 pm
It's a tie because their books are my two favorites and I just can't pick one over the other...
Tawni O'Dell--Backroads. It was fantastically written and...I just loved it
and some of you may have heard of this one...
Alice Sebold--The Lovely Bones...Not since the Outsiders has a woman written so wonderfully from a males point of view.
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Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 3:03 pm
when I grow up I want to be Douglas Adams because his best book is 'last chance to see' and I want to write a book like that book...
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Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 3:19 pm
I heart the writing of Michael Chabon. It makes me happy on the inside.
Constantin Stanislavski is a pretty good text-guy, if you're into acting, but the translation of the books is horrible. I'm only bringing that up because I have to read them.
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Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 3:53 pm
LOL, I would be more than satisfied to be able to write like Diane Duane... I don't even try to wish for more.
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Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 10:31 pm
Diana Wynne Jones is great, but my "idol" would have to be Ellen Raskin, author of The Westing Game. I couldn't dream of writing like her, but if I could...wow. Just wow.
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Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 11:31 pm
I quote this whole heartedly. She's awesome.
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