Kim Koning aka Girl with a quill asked me to do just that in an interview early May 2011.
My answer:
1 - Clara Forsythe Allen, Augustus “Gus” McCrae’s old sweetheart in Larry McMurtry’s epic novel Lonesome Dove. Clara lives with her comatose husband Bob and their children on the Platte, near Ogalalla, Nebraska. She’s a great example of the strong American frontier women, pioneers who lived under the toughest circumstances, buried children and stood by their men, while being their own person as well.
2 – Asher Lev, the young Jewish painter in Chaim Potok’s novel My Name is Asher Lev. Asher Lev refuses to let his artistic talent go unexplored and as important even, unrecognized. I appreciate the difficult path he has chosen.
3 – Sarah P. Worth, voice in John Updike’s S. I’ve been in similar situations as Sarah and I think we would have great fun schmoozing together. Also would like to hear what she thinks of Updike taking on the project to tell a woman’s story. If there’s anything she would like to change or add.
4 – Kinsey Millhone, the sleuth in Sue Grafton’s alphabet mystery series. Just love her and want to sit her next to number 5 whom I think she must admire as much as I do. And perhaps she also feels as sorry for him as I, and will amuse him. Not completely sure about the latter, since we’re talking Old World Male and California Wild Card. But you never know and opposites do attract. Just really, really want to make up for all the hardship caused by that big B of wife of his.
5 - George Smiley, the middle aged spy I’ve come to adore reading John Le Carre‘s oeuvre.
Which characters would you choose?
Care to share in a comment and as a post on your own blog?
Kim Koning introduced me to the Facebook Word Warriors. The dedication of this group's members to NaNoWriMo helped me finish the first draft of my novel Forgiveness last November. Kim set out to interview members of the group and I'm thankful for her attention and inquisitive questions. Kim's most recent publication is the short story A Ring of Fire which you can find in the anthology Tales for Canterbury.
The above interview section was previously published on May 11, 2011 in Dragonfly Scrolls.
This work by Judith van Praag is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License
2 comments:
I don't know about a dinner party, but I think I'd like to have dinners alone with some of the heroes of my own books, romantic rascals that they are.
If it was a dinner party, though, I'd like to meet Myron Bolitar, too, Harlan Coben's creation, and Mryon's crazy assistant, whose name I've forgotten. She's a former wrestler and full of surprises.
And any of Linnea Sinclair's characters. I'd find them intimidating, though--they're all so active and accomplished. Jorie, of The Down-Home Zombie Blues would be great to meet--she's the commander of a group of folks who are covertly sent to earth to keep away a terrible threat. Her understanding of earth's culture is somewhat lacking, however, and it leads to some fun. that's only three, but it's a start. I'm going to keep thinking about this, I think. Thanks, Judith.
Hey Duke Tape!
Thanks for giving my question a thought, or more. Thank you also for introducing me to some characters I wouldn't have have come across if it wasn't for you mentioning their creators. Harlan Coben, oh my! A New York Times Bestseller I knew nothing about. The video for Live Wire looks promising! And more thrilling characters from Linnea Sinclair's novels, an other author I'm unfamiliar with. Is Jorie, of The Down-Home Zombie Blues one of Xinclair's brain children?
If you look at my profile, you'll see that duk tape is my fave (do it/fix it make it now) material to create sculptures.
Thanks for stopping by, I hope to see you here again!
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