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Authors as Friends

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In: Uncategorized on: October 7, 2006

There is a coffee mug at Barnes and Noble that one of these days I’m going to buy. It says, “Choose an author as you would a friend.” I love that. In fact, it is the way I choose many of the contemporary authors I read.

It’s why I love going to conferences and meeting writers. Of course, the real issue is that I’m a cheapskate. I don’t want to pay $10, $15, $20 for a book and then hate it. So I wait. But even good reviews don’t push me over the edge the way connecting with an author does. Whether listening to their heart as they teach or connecting through actual conversation, when I find an author I enjoy as a person, I’m much more inclined to spend my money on their book. That’s why I bought my first Brandilyn Collins book a couple of years ago, even though I’m really not a suspense reader, and a Randy Ingermanson book, even though time travel isn’t my niche either. It was the same with Meredith Efken, Rene Gutteridge, Kristen Billerbeck, and others. When I read their books, it is like listening to a friend.

So I came home from the conference with a whole new group of friends for my bookcase. Susan Meissner, Deanna Gist, Susan May Warren, Deborah Gypanog. And each one is calling to me as a friend.

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  1. L.L. Barkat

    October 9, 2006 at 2:07 pm

    So, are you saying we need to meet before the end of next year? 🙂

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  2. One More Writer

    October 9, 2006 at 2:12 pm

    Is that when your book comes out l.l.?

    I’d love to meet you before then, but I like you already from cyberspace! That counts, you know, so I’m sure you’ll end up in my bookcase, too!

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  3. L.L. Barkat

    October 9, 2006 at 4:36 pm

    Well, revisions are much slower than I anticipated, so, yes, hopefully end of next year.

    Oh, thanks for the kind words! I’m supposed to be at Mount Hermon this spring… do you go?

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  4. One More Writer

    October 9, 2006 at 6:05 pm

    I have. And I’d love to go again. But we’ll have to see. My oldest turns 16 right about then. I have to see what I can work out!

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