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Inspired Authors? Rebekah Send a noteboard - 14/10/2009 02:15:10 PM
Audrey Niffenegger's talk on Monday made me wonder about this.

Do you like to know what inspired an author to write a particular story or character? Does it add to the richness of a book?

I rather enjoy knowing the background. Both Niffenegger and Kelly Link used Elizabeth Siddal's exhumation as inspiration for one of their stories and I find that pretty neat. I like knowing which characters are based on people the author knows (although I'm told that's a dangerous thing to do) and which are crazy imagination.
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Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. - Groucho Marx
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Inspired Authors? Rebekah - 14/10/2009 02:15:10 PM 710 Views
Re: Inspired Authors? jeenucoolgal - 14/10/2009 03:26:44 PM 550 Views
A lot of it comes from reading I'd think Ryan - 14/10/2009 04:24:43 PM 529 Views
Yup. Rebekah - 14/10/2009 06:05:45 PM 495 Views
Re: Yup. jeenucoolgal - 14/10/2009 08:40:54 PM 493 Views
Re: Yup. Rebekah - 14/10/2009 08:44:35 PM 521 Views
It does add a little somethingsomething to it. mapthis - 14/10/2009 04:40:56 PM 530 Views
~nods~ Rebekah - 14/10/2009 06:05:14 PM 504 Views
I would say it does. Bryce - 14/10/2009 06:27:02 PM 486 Views
Hm, yes. Rebekah - 14/10/2009 06:34:57 PM 551 Views
I should write "it depends" in my sig. nossy - 14/10/2009 06:30:27 PM 538 Views
Heh. Rebekah - 14/10/2009 06:37:59 PM 508 Views
I generally don't care at all. *NM* jh - 14/10/2009 08:40:08 PM 225 Views
About anything?! *NM* Rebekah - 14/10/2009 08:43:30 PM 243 Views
Anything other than my pleasure, no *NM* jh - 21/10/2009 06:32:41 AM 257 Views
I was just reading the introduction and forword for "The Green Mile" by Stephen King. Tashmere - 17/10/2009 02:54:21 AM 565 Views
Similarly, I try to find out what inspired the composers of pieces of music I enjoy. That deepens my Tashmere - 17/10/2009 02:56:10 AM 492 Views
Hm. Stephen King is someone I deliberately don't read. Rebekah - 20/10/2009 11:58:52 PM 554 Views
I don't do well with horror. Tashmere - 21/10/2009 03:46:05 AM 541 Views
That's one reason I love reading Neil Gaiman so much. Jayhawk - 18/10/2009 01:27:03 AM 506 Views
You made that sound interesting. "Smoke and Mirrors" . I will try to remember that. *NM* Tashmere - 18/10/2009 03:06:37 AM 260 Views
His short stories are wonderful. Jayhawk - 19/10/2009 04:40:23 PM 544 Views
Oh, absolutely. Rebekah - 20/10/2009 11:59:41 PM 511 Views
Are you getting Absolute Death? Jayhawk - 21/10/2009 04:35:46 PM 506 Views
I imagine the husband will, yes. *NM* Rebekah - 21/10/2009 05:21:32 PM 238 Views
That's why I chose a Smoke & Mirrors story for a uni essay Perdita - 21/10/2009 12:08:48 AM 588 Views
He's erudite without coming across as stuffy and scholarly. Jayhawk - 21/10/2009 04:38:19 PM 587 Views
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