I’ve been lurking and watching the Top Ten Tuesday from The Broke and The Bookish for a long while and avoiding participating because of time—I need more time! Today I need to participate. The topic is too good!
Top Ten Bookish People I’d Like to Meet
Ten won’t be enough, so I’m gonna cheat a little …
1. My writer-friends:
- Writers I’ve met through Ladies Who Critique: Jani, Tracy, Ladonna, Bridget, Stefanie, Melissa, Priya, Kelley …
- Writers I’ve met through YA Highway’s RTW: Elodie, Jaime, Colin, Robin, Alison, Katy, Tracey, Donelle …
- Writers I’ve met through ROW80: Lauren, Em, EM, Lena, Julie, Jenny, Karen …
- My NA sisters: Bailey, LG, Jaycee, Victoria, Carrie, and Summer.
- Writers I’ve met through the community: Kat, Cait, Ghenet, Jessa, Suzanne, Karen, Renita, EJ, Lynn, Brenda, Shelley, Erica, Dahlia, Jenny, Taryn, Sarah, Alex, Cassie, Theresa, Hope …
- And many others that I’m probably missing … sorry!
2. This one I’m stealing from Colin: “A Literary Agent Who Wants to Represent Me. Seriously. If you’re a literary agent and you want to represent me, I want to meet you. Really soon.” << Exactly!
3. Richelle Mead. She’s my idol. I just LOVE everything, anything she writes. Need I say more?
4. The author-friends Kiersten White, Beth Revis, Natalie Whipple and Stephanie Perkins. They are fun, they are curious, they are savvy, they have wonderful books (I know Natalie’s book isn’t out yet, but I KNOW it’ll rock).
5. Joss Whedon. Yea, not a book author, but an “author” nevertheless. He’s THE MAN. Period.
6. Sarah J. Maas. My newest idol. I’m in love with her book Throne of Glass, and seriously can’t wait for the next one.
7. Christopher Paolini. Love him and his books. You know a character who reminds me of him? Seth from the Georgina Kincaid series by Richelle Mead. I’m dead serious. I think Richelle got inspired by him. Just saying.
8. The YA Highway ladies! They are awesome and their posts are dead on.
9. Paulo Coelho. Not really my style of reading, though I did read some of his books, but he’s Brazilian like me, and he’s super famous worldwide. Besides, I loved his book The Alchemist and the message I saw in it.
10. J.K. Rowling. Dude, she’s Harry Potter’s mother! And Hermione’s, and Ron’s, and Snape’s, and Dumbledore’s, and Neville’s, and Luna’s … need I go on?
How about you? Who would you like to meet in this writerly world?
Cheers,
I’d love to meet you too! We don’t live too far away from each other so this could/should happen! :)
Heck I’d like to meet Joss Whedon! And must be another Alex on your list…
Meet me at the same time as Joss, please! ;)
Yes! :D This Writer Party where we can all just hang out and chat needs to happen – and not on Twitter :P (even though I do love twitter :D)
Great list Juliana!!! :D And Joss Whedon? Yes, please!
Yes! I’d love to meet you in real life, too! One day soon we all need to make this happen. :)
I’d love to meet you, too, girl!
Thanks, Juliana! I’d love to meet you in person too. :)
While I would love to meet many novelists, I think the bookish people I would most want to meet are the ones who helped me teach my kids to love reading. So Sandra Boynton, Eric Carle, Graeme Base, Peggy Rathmann, Jane Yolen, and Jon Scieszka would definitely be on my list!
I can’t wait to meet you, because I know we will. I’m just not sure when but it’ll definitely happen :D