Which famous author are you?

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   Mighty Momposted 12 years ago

   Sorry, not a quiz or a test (although those can be fun!).
   Just a query.
   Which famous author would you most like to be yourself?
   Or which famous author is most like you (in their writing and/or in their personal life)?
   
   I would be Jane Austen because:
   1. She writes about smart, strong women
   2. She is a master of zingers that sound refined (nobody does back-handed put-downs like Austen)
   3. I am a closet romantic
   
   And you....?

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      ariasnoteposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I would like to be considered a lot like Francis Burnett Hodge.  I believe she is the author of 'The Secret Garden'? I also admire the one who wrote the 'Anne of Greene Gables' series.  As much as I hate to admit it, I don't know the authors name.  I am a romantic at heart, who loves a bit of mystery on the side. : )

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         Uninvited Writerposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Lucy Maud Montgomery

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            ariasnoteposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            Thanks Uninvited Writer for clarifying the author of  the Anne series. : ) I have to wonder now if I got Francis last name right?  Was it Hodge Burnett or as I had it? lol!  I forget now. Go figure.

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               workingmomwmposted 12 years agoin reply to this

               Frances Hodgson Burnett.
               
               I loved that book - and the Anne of Green Gables series.

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      duffsmomposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      William Carlos Williams, a poet who could make a poem out of anything, and also a doctor.  Love his stuff.

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         ellie.wposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         He's wonderful!  One of my favorite poets

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   Greek Oneposted 12 years ago

   Homer... (see Avatar)

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      lyndreposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      doesn,t look like a Simpson to me.

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   Mighty Momposted 12 years ago

   Yes, I can see your avatar, Greek One.
   Too bad you can't. It's quite handsome

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   Home Girlposted 12 years ago

   (Jane Eyre), Charlotte Bronte.
   Where is my Rochester???

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      Walt Smithposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I'm reminded of the great philosopher Socrates, and his last words..." I drank what?" Also liked  Truman Capote and his last words... "Either the wallpaper goes or I do"...W

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         Uninvited Writerposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         That was Oscar Wilde.

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            camloposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            Yes. He was on his deathbed when he said, "Either this wallpaper goes, or I do!"
            He also said, whilst sipping champagne on his deathbed, "... I am dying beyond my means."

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   Mighty Momposted 12 years ago

   Home Girl -- The Bronte sisters are up there on my list as well.
   Did you know they are coming out with a new version of Jane Eyre soon? I saw the poster in the lobby last time I went to the movies. Can't hardly wait! Great love story.
   
   Walt Smith -- interesting take. I like the famous last words idea. Although Truman Capote was famous for his rather outrageous and totally self-centered quotes, wasn't he???

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      Home Girlposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Old version was good enough for me. Though who knows... I still love book more than movie.

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   Uninvited Writerposted 12 years ago

   I like Dorothy Parker and imagine myself as witty and sarcastic as she
   
   
   

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   livewithrichardposted 12 years ago

   In my fiction, which I don't publish here, I try to emulate Clive Cussler and his knack for introducing "what if" situations with revised history.
   
   In my screenplays, I like Peter Farrelly (writer of Something About Mary) for comedy and for suspense I like M. Night Shyamalan, and Christopher McQuarrie (writer of The Usual Suspects)

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   camloposted 12 years ago

   I like to think I'm a cross between Harold Robbins and Jackie Collins with bits and pieces of other authors I like mixed in. But when I read my work, I find it's none of these ... then who?

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   Mighty Momposted 12 years ago

   Oscar Wilde. Duly noted.
   
   UW -- I can absolutely see you as Dorothy Parker. My Jane Austen will time travel forward and meet you at the Algonquin. How's Thursday noon for you?
   
   livewithrichard -- That's quite a crew you've got inside your head!"The Usual Suspects" is one of my all-time favorites. Just saw "The Sixth Sense" again for about the 10th time. Both still stand the "suspense test" even though I now know the ending!
   
   camlo -- Your situation seems normal to me. Just because we appreciate a writer's work doesn't mean we copy them. We take the "bits and pieces" of style from many sources and make it our own. The Jackie Collins part is intriguing, tho

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    Randy Godwinposted 12 years ago

    Snakesphere, of course!    Just kidding...Mark Twain would suit me fine!   (The recent rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated!)

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    Home Girlposted 12 years ago

    Oscar Wilde is brilliant. but he was gay, and a man. Cannot identify wih any of it.

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    paradigmsearchposted 12 years ago

    It would be a science fiction author, but I am unable to make up my mind as to which one.

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    Motown2Chitownposted 12 years ago

    Emily Dickinson or John Steinbeck

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    Mighty Momposted 12 years ago

    You know, I never thought about crossing gender.
    Thanks for the idea, M2C!
    I like your choices. Ultra American -- but soooo different!!!

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    RichardCMckeownposted 12 years ago

    William Shakespeare

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    Cagsilposted 12 years ago

    No one. I am ME!

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    Mighty Momposted 12 years ago

    I'm so pleased to make your acquaintance, Mr. Shakespeare! Would you write me a sonnet???
    
    Cags -- *shaking head and trying not to smile*
    What can I say? You ARE you and there is no one quite like you!

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       Cagsilposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Resist all you like, but you'll find you cannot help but smile. One attribute I have on women in general.
       And, that's the highest compliment you can gave me. I pride myself on my uniqueness.

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          HattieMattieMaeposted 12 years agoin reply to this

          Well I have been looking at a lot of different famous people so I have this tendency to follow many, Maya Angelou was one of my favorites, but also have been looking at Hemingway alot.  I spend a lot of time studying different public figures like MLK, Boby Marley, so many authors of revolutionist stands on changing the world, even if they are just lyrics, there words are like poetry, or their speeches, they all tell their thoughts, and their stories, also what they believed in. There are so many so I like to learn from them all.

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          Motown2Chitownposted 12 years agoin reply to this

          Cags, you are certainly unique.  And, what's worse is that you do actually sort of grow on people...lol
          
          You're awesome!  And I honestly believe that, despite the fact that we've been known to disagree on...er...rare occasions.
          
          
          
          Keep being you!

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    Pearldiverposted 12 years ago

    I'm Too Slow to be an author.... So I'd be perfectly happy being the Tortoise... in the racing epic... Nose Hare and the Tortoise!

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    sofsposted 12 years ago

    Khalil Ghibran..I love his works.. I love the wisdom in his words and the poetry that flowed so melodiously!  mmm... I wish....

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    Jaggedfrostposted 12 years ago

    lol hmm I have so many writing heros but most of them are fantasy.  They were escapists in a sense and philosophers.  It would be nice if one day I am listed in their number but chances are I will find myself in a category all of my own. Sad

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    aguasilverposted 12 years ago

    Robert Heinlien

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    MOlmsteadposted 12 years ago

    Hunter Thompson, who doesn't love that spit fire voice:
    
    "For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled." 
    
    Or Chuck Palahniuk:
    
    "If you love something set it free, but don't be surprised if it comes back with herpes."

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    Home Girlposted 12 years ago

    A great writer can shake your being, move you up and down to the most hidden corners of your soul, change your life. And all he uses is just a word. Isn't it something?

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    thirdmilleniumposted 12 years ago

    Hemingway will do fine

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    Jaggedfrostposted 12 years ago

    lol Isaiah?

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