For this week's poll I'd like to know whether you've ever met a "real" well-known author. This can have been at a convention, a book signing, or perhaps they're your neighbours... Do share whom you've met or whom you'd really love to meet!
"Your jokes are scarier than your earrings." -Twit
"14. Pretend like you would want him even if he wasn't a prince. (Yeah, right.)" -How to Make a Guy Like You - Disney Princess Style
I have met an author, but she is not really famous. In fact she is my grandma, she was locally famous over 30yrs ago but currently isn't. She has several things published about WWII but the stories never made it big.
Actually, most of my family are writers and have things published, but never became famous. If anything I'm actually famous when I was younger the local newspaper used to hold writing contests at my school and I was always top 3 in the class.
My most famous work I guess you could say was about Christmas time and giving to charity. (Wrote that in 3rd grade, it shocked everyone that a 9yr old had such a deep and profound understanding of that type of thing) it was published in the newspaper and more people than normal donated to the local food pantries and charities that year. And they republished it in the newspaper a few times. I had 15minutes of fame and if brought up in a conversation a few of the townsfolk would remember it.
I mean, I exchanged emails with Drew karpyshyn, who has written quite a few Star Wars novels, wrote the entire plot and script for "Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic" the videogame (regarded as one of the greatest videogames ever made, and as having the greatest plot twist in video game history, which could make M Night Shamalan crap his pants), and the man behind the ENTIRE Mass Effect franchise. Not super famous, and pretty underrated, but still.
I doubt it counts though.
"Often, the best way to improve is swallowing your ego and realizing you're a terrible writer in all aspects of writing, then working to improve it." -R.U.
Does watching Jacqueline Wilson sign books counts as meeting her? I have a feeling it doesn't... My mum and I didn't realise you needed tickets for the signing.
You cannot train yourself to notice, To feel pain, and swallow fear
I'd say so, @BellaRoma! Were you able to talk to her at all or did you need a ticket for all of it? What did she seem like? I used to love her books when I was younger but I heard somewhere she isn't that friendly or something? Maybe it's not true though!
"Your jokes are scarier than your earrings." -Twit
"14. Pretend like you would want him even if he wasn't a prince. (Yeah, right.)" -How to Make a Guy Like You - Disney Princess Style
Oh yeah, I met Harriet Beecher Stowe on an airplane to Martha's Vinyard back in the Spring of 08'
"Often, the best way to improve is swallowing your ego and realizing you're a terrible writer in all aspects of writing, then working to improve it." -R.U.
StellaThomas wrote: I also went to a talk by John Boyne who wrote The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
What a sad story
"Often, the best way to improve is swallowing your ego and realizing you're a terrible writer in all aspects of writing, then working to improve it." -R.U.
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