I participated in a Read-a-thon on Saturday at Reading Romances that turned into a lot of fun. I was giving away two copies of Entangled, a Paranormal Anthology and two copies of Dead People. In my post, I talked about the writers that Misty and I invited to be in the anthology. I called them our “dream team.” In the beginning of the post, Reading Romances said:
“To enter this mini-challenge you have to leave a comment telling me which authors you’d like to see together in an anthology and create a theme for the book! Creating a name for it is totally optional!”
The answers were so much fun. Some authors mentioned were JK Rowling, Barbara Kingsolver, Dean Koontz, Lemony Snicket, Stephen King, Meg Cabot, Margaret Atwood. The dream anthologies covered almost every genre, including inspirational, YA dystopian (several readers mentioned dystopian anthologies; I didn’t know dystopians were so popular), and essays. A few dream teams included dead authors: Edgar Allen Poe, the Brontes, Octavia Butler, Agatha Christie, Rex Stout… I’m all for that anthology!
Some of the titles cracked me up, like this one: “Literary Women Who Kick Ass!” I don’t even know who that would be!
I’m doing something fun on my blog, too. I’m posting real ghost stories that people send me. In Dead People, my ghost therapist heroine talks to dead people. I wouldn’t like her ability. It would be creepy. But I’d love to occasionally talk with my sister or mother. Or Jane Austen. (Though I know Jane would talk to Marilyn Brant first.)
I’m actively looking for more ghost stories. Send me one to post on my blog, and I’ll give you a free e-copy of Dead People. (Email me at edieramerbooks@gmail.com.) I wonder if we like ghost stories because they’re proof that there’s life after death.
Here’s my question. No giveaways today. I just hope you’ll have fun answering it.
Who are 5 dead people you’d like to talk to?
Ohhh, ghost stories! I have a few i could tell you
As for dead people I’d like to talk to… Jane Austen, and the others would be family members.
Lori, send me your ghost stories!
I think Jane Austen is going to be busy talking to all of us. I’m second! Just after Marilyn.
If language, time and possibly myth weren’t a problem, it would have to be Lilith.
“So, Lil, tell me- are you really a demonic baby-killer or is that just propaganda?”
Laura, you are twisted. lol
Edie, the dream anthology teams sound like a blast–glad you had so much fun this weekend. As for those 5 dead people: William Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde, Charles Dickens, Queen Victoria and E.B. White. How’s that for eclectic?
Amy, great choices! Charles Dickens is an ancestor of Michelle’s. I wonder if she’ll post his name.
My first three choices would be relatives. After that, I’d choose Anne Frank. Her diary had a profound effect on me when I was a young teen. It was terrible that someone with so much promise died so young. I’d just like to talk to her and see that she’s happy. I think I’ll keep Jane Austen for my last choice. Another brilliant woman.
Hi Edie,
The readathon sounds like so much fun! Love the dream anthology, too. Five dead people I’d like to talk to?? My father first, King Henry the 8th, Martin Luther King, Sister Theresa in any order and definitely my brother, whom I still miss after passing unexpectedly 2 years ago.
Dale, my sister who died too young is on my list. Interesting choices. I’m still sicking with the literary ones, though I was thinking of Golda Meir. She grew up in Milwaukee, and she was a very strong and fascinating woman.
Edie, that is a wonderful question to pose to a group like this. Not in any order of neurotic: JD Salinger, Agatha Christie, my father, Virginia Woolf and Edgar Allen Poe. I must say I loved two of Amy’s … E. B. White and Dickens.
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Flo, I think Viriginia Woolf could be one of the Literary Women Who Kick Ass! Agatha Christie is a possible on my list, too. Dickens would always be interesting.
Edie,
Such a tough question and then you give a number, too. You’re heartless. Since so many are keeping Jane busy, I won’t bother her. But Eleanor Roosevelt comes to mind immediately. Anya Seton, James Michener, Leon Uris and Emily Dickenson.
Is that eclectic enough?
MJ, I bet Jane would have time for you, too. Eleanor would be wonderful! You picked some good ones.
I’d want to talk to John Lennon, Karen Blixen (Isak Dinesen), Harper Lee and the Bronte sisters. Maybe another rock star or two. Hmm. You’ve got me thinking, Edie. Very fun!
Misty, I thought of John Lennon, too. I’m glad I got you thinking!
Edie, this has kept me thinking since I read it last night (my time
). I didn’t answer right away because I wanted to think about it. I would have to say I’d love to talk to Leonardo da Vinci, Joan of Arc, Richard III, my grandfather and Elizabeth I.
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Michelle, da Vinci would be awesome! As would the others. I’m surprised you didn’t choose Dickens, since he’s a relative.
Still trying to catch up after the trip (got home in the wee hours of the morning!), but I had to comment on your post, Edie…you know me well
. Yes, Jane Austen would definitely be at the top of the dead author list for me!! Shakespeare, too. I’d enjoy having a conversation with Oscar Wilde and E.M. Forster. And — just because he’d be irritable and would shake things up — Mark Twain (he hated Jane, so watching them battle wits would be fun 
).
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Marilyn, Oscar Wilde and Mark Twain would be so much fun. Great picks! Why not talk to dead people who are witty and entertaining? Live ones, too.
A fascinating question, Edie. Hmmm … let’s see. Charles Darwin comes to mind, Walt Disney (such a fascinating innovative thinker), my older brother (whom I lost about 15 years ago), and my father (of course). I agree with most of the names listed above. Any one of them would have been fascinating.
Walt Disney would be very cool! He was a big picture kind of a guy. Even when he thought small (Mickey), he was thinking big.