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[erastes]

"This short survey is to encourage readers, writers, and poets to share a few simple things about ourselves. There are only twelve questions, and none of them have to do with eye color, sexual preferences, or high school crushes. Please read, answer, and repost. We might learn something from each other.”

1. Three authors that have inspired or influenced my writing are:
R A Heinlein, Austen, Dickens. I wouldn't say they either inspired or influenced my writing (other than "Hard & Fast" is a gentle spoof of Austen in spots) but I hold them up as icons. Many many others, too. Hard to keep to three. Solzhenitsyn, Thomas Hardy...

2. The hardest part of the writing process for me is:
Staying focussed. I'm far too easily distracted even though I have WIPs and more ideas that I can shake a pen at. See me doing this meme?

3. One book I have always intended to read, but I haven’t yet is:
I don't think I have any.. I have a list of 100 books everyone should read and I used to want to have them all ticked off, but now I'm happy discovering new books daily, specially in the light of all the gay historicals there are to read.

4. (True or False) I sometimes read non-fiction for pleasure.
Very False. I have a ton of them but I don't enjoy reading them, even for research purposes. I think I was scarred at school. Textbooks-evil.

5. (True or False) I came from a family that read a lot.
Completely. My parents were never without a book on their nightstands - usually medieval text books or historical books for mother and Mitchener, or thrillers or Sea-faring stories for Dad. It's one of my greatest sadnesses that Dad's Alzheimer's means that he is unable to read anymore.

6. My favorite movie adaptation of a book is:
Oh that's very difficult. To Kill a Mockingbird, I think, because the POV is well done and Peck's performance is spot on. I loved Lord of the Rings and the Lion and Witch & the Wardbrobe too, because it was like someone had opened my head and said "Oh - is that what you see? Ok we'll do that" but I didn't like the changes made to LOTRs.

7. The most boring book I ever read all the way through is:
Cellini's autobiography. How can anyone who had such a life in such a time be so BORING?

8. Poetry is:
A little intimidating. I don't read much because I was scared off at school by being force fed Endymion and Paradise Lost at school

9. My favorite place to read is:
In bed. But I read anywhere. I even have speaking books so I can "read" in the car.

10. The funniest thing I have read recently is:
Easy. Pickwick Papers, which I probably read once every couple of years. Other than that, Dresden Files, or Wodehouse. They make me laugh out loud and that's rare for me.

11. The most mind challenging thing I have read recently is:
At Swim Two Boys. One of the most beautiful and haunting and challenging things I've read.

12. When I stop by my local library the librarians must think:
Oh God. Her and her gay orders...Where did we put her copy of Teleny she ordered? oh here it is, under my cardigan.


Yes, yes. Writing now.

Comments

[aigooism.livejournal.com]

HAHA! Your last answer cracked me up so bad. XD XD

[erastes.livejournal.com]

It's very true about my library, that's for sure!

:)

[crawling-angel.livejournal.com]

*lollers @ cardigan*

[erastes.livejournal.com]

You know it's true!

[thistlerose.livejournal.com]

It took me a long, long time to be able to read non-fiction for pleasure. I used to be able to sit down with a biography for research purpopses in college, but I couldn't read it cover to cover. Then I got into travel writing a couple of years ago and since then my reading list has been more diverse.

[erastes.livejournal.com]

I suppose I should just DO it. It seems stupid to spend money on these books and then never touch them. I just go all Alice over it, every time.

[semioticwarrior.livejournal.com]

I love Dresden Files and Wodehouse, too! Ha! One of my characters started channeling Bertie toward the end of the novel, though, so I had to read something else until it was done.

[erastes.livejournal.com]

*laughs* yes, not good when Bertie starts coming through. Very much looking forward to reading yours, btw!!

[mongrelheart.livejournal.com]

I keep hearing everybody talking about Dresden Files, i think i must check 'em out.

[erastes.livejournal.com]

It's Chicago P.I x Magic and in comparison to Potterdom it's magic done RIGHT with excellent characters and non-stop action. Imperative to read them in order, though, and some of the earlier ones are better than others but it gets better the further you go along. I've just finished the newest, and it was excellent. Very rare for a series to get BETTER!!

[mongrelheart.livejournal.com]

Wow sounds awesome... and being a Chicago resident, I;m especially intrigued!