Thursday, May 3, 2012

Feature and Follow Friday #18

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Feature & Follow Friday is a weekly social blog hop between book bloggers. There are two regular hosts: Parajunkee and Alison of Alison Can Read, and two special guest hosts every week. If you want to join in, click on either of their blogs to get the details. The FF question of the day is: 

Q: What is one thing you wish you could tell your favorite author?  

One thing and one favorite author? How can I possibly choose? If I had the opportunity to speak to Nabokov, Edith Wharton, George Eliot, Holly Black or Charlaine Harris, I would probably just incoherently gush with excitement.

But assuming I was able to be calm and cool, I would probably ask any of them for more information about particular characters or plot points. There's always something cut in the process of writing a novel, and getting the scoop on what didn't make it into the book would be akin to watching the cut scenes of a TV show or movie. 

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I'd ask Nabokov to tell me if he ever conceived the story turning out differently, if he ever envisioned Lolita surviving. I'd ask Wharton why she was so intent on torturing the vast majority of her characters. Was she ever tempted to give any of them a happy ending? If I could talk to Charlaine Harris, I'd beg her to pretty please write more Aurora Teagarden books. 

Actually, now that I'm thinking about it, I'd love to lobby all of my favorite authors, living and dead, to write more about the characters and worlds that I've fallen in love with. In the end, it's probably best that I would be reduced to squeaks and blushing if I ever met one of the above mentioned authors!
Posted by Tarah Dunn at 10:02 PM
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19 comments:

  1. Alison Can ReadMay 4, 2012 at 12:20 AM

    Hopping through. I'd love to hang out with Edith Wharton. She makes me think of Downton Abbey. Sort of at least.
    My Hop

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    1. Tarah DunnMay 4, 2012 at 11:22 AM

      Yeah, Downton Abbey seems very related to a couple of her books, and The Buccaneers in particular.

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  2. zapkode.marieMay 4, 2012 at 5:32 AM

    {if i'm commenting i'm a follower}

    I don't know any of those authors, but I have always wondered how many times authors scrap ideas and start over.

    {http://www.justonemorechapter.net}

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    1. Tarah DunnMay 4, 2012 at 11:22 AM

      I think the answer is almost certainly a billion times!

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  3. Jessica @ a GREAT readMay 4, 2012 at 8:00 AM

    Ooh nice! I like Charlaine! She was one of the first authors I read when I started reading "adult" books!

    Here's my Friday Hops

    Have a GREAT weekend!

    Old Follower :)

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    1. Tarah DunnMay 4, 2012 at 11:18 AM

      I only discovered her a few years back, and I really enjoy her books. Even though I hate the way the "Grave" series ended, I'm still a fan.

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  4. UnknownMay 4, 2012 at 11:06 AM

    I imagine you would have wonderful conversations with your favorite authors! :) sounds fun!
    I responded in a similar way. Feel free to hop on over if you have the time!
    http://inner-aspen.blogspot.com/2012/05/friday-meme-time-with-f-and-friday-56.html

    new follower, it's nice to meet you Tarah!

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    1. Tarah DunnMay 4, 2012 at 11:14 AM

      Thanks for stopping by! It would be really cool, wouldn't it?

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  5. AnonymousMay 4, 2012 at 11:30 AM

    Nice answer, just hopping by.

    http://tributebooksmama.blogspot.com/2012/05/feature-follow.html

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  6. fakestephMay 4, 2012 at 2:12 PM

    I know! When I fall in love with worlds I want to know EVERYTHING. I'm totally down for a Harry Potter encycolpedia. i will tear that thing up!

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    1. Tarah DunnMay 6, 2012 at 1:04 PM

      Wouldn't it be great if all of the series that we love came with encyclopedias that filled us in on things that we want to know? My fantasy is that ebooks will one day be annotated with extra info that didn't really fit in the book, and when you scroll over a particular scene that info will come up.

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  7. PatriciaMay 4, 2012 at 4:30 PM

    Sometimes I just want to crawl into books and learn more about the characters and world, so I'm pretty sure after I stopped almost-fainting and telling those authors how incredible they are and how much they influenced my life (and despite reasons to believe that this isn't a good thing (like me almost fainting and being hysteric) that's a good thing) I'd start asking them questions, too. :'D

    Patricia // My Hop

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    1. Tarah DunnMay 6, 2012 at 1:09 PM

      Yeah, that's pretty much exactly what my reaction would be!

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  8. The Scarf PrincessMay 4, 2012 at 10:07 PM

    Thanks for becoming a follower of my site. I'm now following you back via GFC and wish you a happy weekend.

    The Scarf Princess

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  9. zapkode.marieMay 5, 2012 at 4:13 AM

    {if i'm commenting i'm a follower}

    Thank you for sharing!

    {http://www.justonemorechapter.net}

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  10. UnknownMay 5, 2012 at 1:51 PM

    I just want to be friends with my favorite authors! That would be awesome. Also, I passed the Kreativ Blogger Award on to you over at my blog. I'm not sure if you've done it before, so if so don't feel pressured to do it again or anything. I just wanted to let you know!

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    1. Tarah DunnMay 6, 2012 at 12:58 PM

      I know just what you mean! I have a secret list of fantasy friendships that I'm too embarrassed to share with the Internet.

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  11. AnonymousMay 6, 2012 at 12:47 PM

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