Every so often I grab a bunch of amazing and brilliant authors and force them to participate in my crazy ideas. Okay, I don't force them. Stalking isn't forcing... I'm told. Well this month I asked them a question. One question for them to answer: If our life could be one book, what would it be and why?
A good amount of authors chimed in and I must say I was delighted with their answers. I'm sure you'll be too. Here's what they had to say:
If
my life could be one book? Oh Lord. You’ll think this is downright freaky
because it’s a horror novel, pure James Herbert style, but I’d love to live
Herbert’s, The Magic Cottage. Can I give the blurb to it first? Just to
get a sense of what goes on there:
"We
thought we’d found our haven, a cottage deep in the heart of the forest.
Charming, maybe a little run down, but so peaceful. That was the first part of
the Magic. Midge’s painting and my music soared to new heights of creativity.
That was another part of the Magic. Our love for each other – well, that became
the supreme Magic. But the cottage had an alternative side. The Bad
Magic."
"What
happened to us there was horrendous beyond belief. The healings, the crazy sect
who wanted our home for themselves, the hideous creatures that crawled from the
nether regions, and the bats – oh God, the bats! Even now those terrible things
seem impossible to me. Yet they happened..." -James Herbert, The Magic
Cottage
Herbert
is a master. He can take a horror and still make is so beautiful I’d sell
everything I own to live there. And that’s just pure damn cheeky skill, to make
me feel that way!
The
Magic cottage has a round room that seems to mend the cracks of your life (as
well as the cracks in the wall). It also offers the perfect acoustics as the
main character plays his guitar, and the cottage’s magic takes that guitar solo
to new heights. I want to sit there and just listen, soak up the beauty and
isolation of the cottage, all the secrets it holds, the music, how it feeds
creativity. There’s a lot of peace there despite the darker side. And I think
that’s all I want for my family: that feeling of peace. Okay so I’d have to
deal with the darker side too, lol, but, well -- life generally has its dark
sides too, so that’s nothing new....
Website
Link: http://www.jacklpyke.com/
Amazon
Link: http://www.amazon.com/Jack-L.-Pyke/e/B00AOC2GXS
OMG!
Clap Hands! That’s so easy. I would love to be a treasure hunter like Dax and
Jack in Treasure of Love. One of my favorite books I’ve written. It is based on
the 1898 wreck of the Clara Nevada in the Lynn Canal in Skagway Alaska. Thank
you for allowing me to be part of the promotion.
Links:
If my life could be one book I would want to live in a
series of books! Either on the Double D ranch in Texas with Jack and Riley, or
at Crooked Tree in Montana with the Todd brothers. Simply because these stories
are all about family, and I love that. I love the concept of working hard, and
counting on each other, and just knowing that being in one of those places
means you are loved.
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When I was a
kid, my older sister read fairytales to me every night before sleep. I was
completely entranced by the beautiful stories of peasants becoming princes and
princesses and finding true love. The gorgeous locations, wit, wonder, drama,
and happy endings filled my young mind like beans in a counting jar. I wanted
to live in those palaces, meet the charming princes, and bring financial
equality to those kingdoms. I learned how to read and dream by reading those
cherished, worn fairytale books. So if
I had my druthers, I’d live in a book of fairy tales. Wouldn’t it be fun to
travel through the woods with your sibling and find an eatable gingerbread
house? To have long hair that can transport a prince to your turret? Or dance
with a prince at his ball to the horror of your jealous stepmother and
stepsisters? What a blast it would be to meet a drag queen wolf in the woods.
Or be the size of a thumb and overhear what your family and friends really
think about you. I’d love to own a golden goose, a magic fiddle, and dancing
shoes. How incredible would it be to have an appendage that grows when you tell
a white lie? Or to climb a beanstalk and hang out with a strong giant? To ride
on a snow white sleigh with a queen who possesses your heart? Share a bedroom
with three bears, or seven fun little guys? And be woken from restful sleep by
a perfect prince? Some of these stories inspired my The Naked Prince and Other Tales from Fairyland published by
Dreamspinner Press. Even more importantly, they speak to my heart, and continue
to open up a new world of wonder, humor, romance, drama, and adventure. That’s
why I read them again and again.
Web Site with all book links: http://www.JoeCosentino.weebly.com
Book Links for The Naked
Prince and Other Tales from Fairyland:
Amazon
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/JoeCosen
Amazon: Author.to/JoeCosentino
If my life could be one book - it would be - Unsticky by
Sarra Manning. Grace has an unusual relationship with Vaughn, at his beck and
call in return for thousands of pounds in gifts and clothes. There's a
line between acting the trophy girlfriend and being a prostitute and
Grace is trying to find it. I love the characters in this book and
the journey they go on to find love. Not an easy one as Vaughn is a complete
bastard but I wish he was mine!
If I could be a part of any
book world, I think it would be The Nightrunner Series, by Lynn
Flewelling. I do love a good high fantasy now and then, and Lynn's world is so
unique and intricate I get lost in it every time I re-read the books. In this
series, women rule the kingdom our heroes live in, which I love, and the queen
and princesses are hardcore warriors on top of it. Girl power, am I right? And
besides that, the magic in this world is both scary and incredible and I'd love
to be a wizard. Or a thief for the aristocracy. I do like the idea of being a
tricky shadow in the night. ;)
Dreamspinner
Press: Dreamspinner Press
DSP Publications: DSP
Amazon: Amazon
Barnes & Noble: Barnes and Noble
Kobo: Kobo
OmniLit: OmniLit
Hello everyone!
Let me just say that this is a refreshingly different
promotional method. I love the question, so I'll waste no further time answering
it.
If my life could be one book... I'd want to live in Blue
Moon III: Call of the Alpha
I've written a few books with hot policeman, sexy
detectives and bounty hunters. I've read many books of delicious rock stars,
first-responders, cowboys, and much more. Thinking about any of those guys
always give me the warm and tinglys'. But as far as living in... we already
live in a world that has hot, alpha law enforcement. A fireman came to my house
three weeks ago that I wanted to climb like a tree. :)
Blue Moon II and Blue Moon III, describe a world of
secret assassins who kill in the name of justice. Going after and taking down
crime lords, human traffickers, drug lords, extremist militant groups,
terrorists, etc. that are so powerful and rich, they're out of the reach of the
law. My fictional assassins have often met with the US military in the field,
going after the same targets. But while the military is bound by laws and their
Commander and Chief, my assassin organization is not.
Imagine waking up and turning on CNN and hearing
headlining news that: ISIS leaders 'so and so' have ALL been killed by unknown
sources.'
It would be comforting to me personally to know or feel
like that type of organization exist. Men that are invisible to us but feared by
the scum of this world that take advantage of the weak and innocent.
These assassins I write are deadly and fearless, but also have the
capability to love.
That's a world I'd love to live in.
Hope I haven't offended anyone. :)
A.E. Via
Go to my website for a lengthy excerpt and buylinks:
If I could
live in any book at all, I think I would choose Titus Groan (Gormenghast
#1) by Mervyn Peake. It remains to this day one of my favourite books of all
time, and in my opinion, a real masterpiece.
Gormenghast castle is a sprawling, crazy, mysterious castle full of bizarre rooms and inhabited by a motley and somewhat Dickensian group of neurotics, psychopaths, and eccentrics, all bound to these weirdly foreboding and meaningless daily rituals. It is both horrifying and beautiful; hilarious and tragic.
And Steerpike... antagonist and anti-hero. He's truly a piece of work and such a great character. But... why would I want to live there, you ask? It is intriguing. I would spend my days in arcane study and discovery. My most recurring dream is that of finding hidden passages to hidden rooms, and finding even more passages beyond those rooms. All hiding some terrible/wonderful secret...
In fact, Horthmont Castle from my latest book, Kestrel's Talon, is an ode to Gormenghast and I'm looking forward to revisiting that castle in the sequel.
Gormenghast castle is a sprawling, crazy, mysterious castle full of bizarre rooms and inhabited by a motley and somewhat Dickensian group of neurotics, psychopaths, and eccentrics, all bound to these weirdly foreboding and meaningless daily rituals. It is both horrifying and beautiful; hilarious and tragic.
And Steerpike... antagonist and anti-hero. He's truly a piece of work and such a great character. But... why would I want to live there, you ask? It is intriguing. I would spend my days in arcane study and discovery. My most recurring dream is that of finding hidden passages to hidden rooms, and finding even more passages beyond those rooms. All hiding some terrible/wonderful secret...
In fact, Horthmont Castle from my latest book, Kestrel's Talon, is an ode to Gormenghast and I'm looking forward to revisiting that castle in the sequel.
Links to my
books:
Amazon: http://geni.us/BeyBey
All Romance eBooks: http://geni.us/AReBey
Smashwords: http://geni.us/SWBey
More links can be found on my blog: http://geni.us/beysbooks
I'd say it would be a tie between the world of Percy
Jackson and the Black Dagger Brotherhood world. I have a huge love for Greek
mythology and would love to mingle with the Greek gods. I also have a thing for
those sexy Brothers from Caldwell! ;)
Website: http://vlloceyauthor.com/
Twitter- https://twitter.com/vllocey
Pinterest-http://www.pinterest.com/vllocey/
I would want to be in any of Sir Terry Pratchett’s
Discworld books. Moist Von Lipwig, Adorabelle Dearheart, Granny Weatherwax, the
Patrician, and Mister Vimes. And magic. Everything I need.
Here’s a link to my books. http://www.heidicullinan.com/books-by-genre
If
my life could be one book...
What
an intriguing idea!
Aaaand....
I totally failed to think of anything at first LOL Too busy writing them to
imagine living them :).
Then
I thought of the PsyCop books by Jordan Castillo Price. I could be a cop in
today's world, living the life of the thrillers I love (yet not *too* athletic
or dangerous!), using my intelligence and my nerve to crack crimes. I could
live in the busy US city of Chicago, surrounded by weird and wonderful
characters. But even more tempting - I could shadow the main character, psyCop
Victor Bayne. Sharp-witted, sarcastic, yet loyal to his friends, he's just my
kind of pal. And even better? He sees ghosts! Poor Victor suffers with his
gift, but I could shamelessly tag along on his coat tails and join in the fun.
I love that blend of normal and paranormal life. Shouldn't every life be that
way?!
I know this is probably a little weird but I'd love to live in a Stephen King book.
I think it would be a toss-up between IT and The Shining. I love having the pants scared off me. Not knowing what's around the next corner. Adrenalin rushing. Heart pounding. What a rush. Also it would give me ideas for weird and whacky characters :)
I’d love to say somewhere fun and lively, like living in
the wizard of oz or Alice in Wonderland, but honestly never really had a desire
to be somewhere other than where I am. If it idea was to have character from
any fictions, all the fictions I could give a list. But where to live? Why?
At the moment I’m in a deep read of paranormal, which all
and all is set in a more contemporary environment. I love the idea of
paranormal’s being around, of being in that secret side of the one we already
live in. that would be awesome and probably more exciting then I’d ever want to
actually be a part of. You know, I like sitting at home doing my own thing,
rather than having to save the world. Those adventures I’m happy to leave for
other people.
Bronwyn Heeley’s Social
Links:
Email
me at beeheeley@gmail.com
I would love to live on an elephant sanctuary in South Africa so I'm going to have to pick one of my own books, Theory Unproven.
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I would live the life of Patroclus from Madeline Miller's
"The Song of Achilles." In the land of the ancient Greeks, Patroclus
is a mortal guy who gets trained as a warrior by a Centaur, is boyfriends with
the demigod Achilles (whose beauty is described by Miller in passages that'll
make you sweat!), and ends a war with nothing but courage and his boyfriend's
armor for a disguise. It's a passionate, magical, oh-so-sexy book, and I would
love to live in it.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/
This is such a hard
question to answer, but the first one that springs to mind is Pride and
Prejudice. I love the subtle beauty in the language, the gorgeous setting of
rural England, the era with its rules of class and decorum. And most of all I
love the romance. Darcy is swoon-worthy in his perfect imperfection. His
admiration and slow-growing infatuation for headstrong Elizabeth is literary
genius. So yes… if my life could mimic Elizabeth’s (particularly as an
epilogue), sign me on!
Contact
Information:
Website: http://lanehayes.wordpress.com
Twitter:
@LaneHayes3
Facebook:
LaneHayesauthor
Email: lanehayes@ymail.com
Dragonsong
(Pern: Harper Hall series)
I’ve always wanted to live in Pern. It’s been years since
I last visited (via The Dolphins of Pern),
but the world remains a magical memory for me—one of the first SF&F series
I became truly invested in, the first world I role-played in, and one of my biggest
heroine crushes. The first novel of Pern I read was Dragonsong. I wanted to be Menolly, and I desperately wanted a
fire lizard of my own. I fell in love with Sebell right alongside her, and I so
so wanted to be a harper that I even
tried to write a few songs. In the interest of public safety, I will not share
them. My stories are much better!
Her books: https://kellyjensenwrites.com/books/
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ReplyDeletem with Heidi Cullinan. Terry Pratchett was a master of life lessons couched in absurd fantasy. I've read every one of the Discworld stories, plus a few others.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Heidi. Discworld is awesome.Not sure what world I'd want to live in but my favorite book is Inkheart by Cornelia Funke. If I could bring characters to me out of any book I could make my own world. :)
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I would want to live in the world of the Whyborne & Griffin series. It can be scary, but it is so exciting and populated with the most interesting people. Although, I also liked Lane Hayes' and Kelly Jensen's picks.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the fun post.
I would love it to be a fantasy or paranormal book. I would love to live in a world of magic...
ReplyDeleteContemporary romance with a long distance relationship trope.
ReplyDeleteIt's funny (or not) but when I got your mail with this question, I couldn't think of any particular book so I didn't respond. Of course, now that I've read all those other suggestions I suddenly know that if I could live in one book (or in my case, series of books) it would be the Original Sinners series by Tiffany Reisz, and not for what may appear to be the obvious reason. :)
ReplyDeleteI love Sci Fi books so it would have to be "Hellgate" series by Mel Keegan it's set in the future where mankind had populated many planets and of course things aren't always what they seem and battles are coming YAY!!
ReplyDeletei would pick something funny but i cant think of anything right now
ReplyDeleteOh I love Kelly Jensen's suggestion and the original Dragon Riders of Pern series and being able to fly! Way cool! :) Of more recent reads I really thought that Caleb in the Spectr series by Jordan L Hawk has some cool capabilities and Detective Jack MacKenzie in Sleight of Heart is pretty awesome too!
ReplyDeleteMore likely a satire comedy, though I prefer set in an alternate universe with less restriction than one we live in. ;-)
ReplyDeleteMore likely I will be in a contemporary romance with an asexual lead (a.k.a. me *haha*).
ReplyDeleteI have to say Kelly Jensen's answer comes pretty close to a world I want to live in. Also besides the kickass dragons I would be well versed in playing any instruments I wanted XD
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