tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8971798860443757706.post7152232713262291539..comments2024-01-23T11:12:41.620-08:00Comments on GotYA: I am not Margo... Or John GreenTheGotYAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17577024893828894816noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8971798860443757706.post-43966398804893017792010-06-10T02:34:58.563-07:002010-06-10T02:34:58.563-07:00I've not read any John Green yet, but I know t...I've not read any John Green yet, but I know that I'll feel lowly when I do. <br /><br />There are so many amazing writers out there, but I especially rate Catherine Fisher and Philip Reeve for their YA works. For adult books - David Mitchell, F.Scott Fitzgerald, E.M.Forster.MC Rogersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13735238884673302488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8971798860443757706.post-74643916153897552012010-06-09T13:15:19.929-07:002010-06-09T13:15:19.929-07:00I have no idea how some of the translators tackled...I have no idea how some of the translators tackled Alexandre Dumas. I've read bad translations so the better ones just loom that much higher on the pedestal.<br /><br />After rereading old drafts I can see where I'd been reading Jane Austen. Rather than compare my works against what I'm reading, I see whatever I'm reading's style creep into my writing. Makes for awkward editing comments down the line.Steph Schmidthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00975939582442193113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8971798860443757706.post-51053459934645718712010-06-09T10:13:14.265-07:002010-06-09T10:13:14.265-07:00Paper Towns is my fave John Green novel, just beca...Paper Towns is my fave John Green novel, just because there's so much thinking & ideas in between the lines. <br /><br />And the author that amazes me for YA: Markus Zusak. For lit: F. Scott Fitzgerald & Adrundhati Roy. <br /><br />I really don't know how anyone gets as brilliant as they are. Are they just born that way or something? Haha.in which a girl readshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12563423294648988362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8971798860443757706.post-11537588955537962612010-06-09T09:26:46.678-07:002010-06-09T09:26:46.678-07:00John Green, John Green, John Green. Alaska is one ...John Green, John Green, John Green. Alaska is one of my favorite books ever.<br /><br />I had a nightmare about him a few weeks ago, he basically agreed to write a blurb for my book only to warn others away from it saying "it was the books like this that are contributing to the downfall of man."<br /><br />And Pudge started an "I hate Dawn" facebook page. <br /><br />Melina Marchetta is my other one. Jellicoe Road - I have no words...Dawnhttp://www.MomWoreThis.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8971798860443757706.post-30596500442287032002010-06-09T09:05:09.532-07:002010-06-09T09:05:09.532-07:00This happens to me when I read Suzanne Collins.
...This happens to me when I read Suzanne Collins. <br /><br />Pringles jingle, lol.<br /><br />Great post!Tere Kirklandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13562750950130316280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8971798860443757706.post-75726926089522302362010-06-09T08:23:53.333-07:002010-06-09T08:23:53.333-07:00Great post!
I'm trying to think of who that p...Great post!<br /><br />I'm trying to think of who that person is for me. Fortunately, most of my favorite authors (Jane Austen, Eleanor Abbot Hallowell, to name a couple)are long since dead, so the fact that I'm still living definitely gives me the edge in my mind ;) Probably not enough of one to level the playing field though :)Hmathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436939108433051372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8971798860443757706.post-55617736765295498492010-06-09T08:09:30.937-07:002010-06-09T08:09:30.937-07:00Yep, John Green does that for me, too--CURSE HIM! ...Yep, John Green does that for me, too--CURSE HIM! Also Laurie Halse Anderson and a few others, but yeah, I get the Green Effect.<br /><br />*ponders whether she's brave enough to read Paper Towns*Debra Drizahttp://www.houndrat.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8971798860443757706.post-63782486121510729722010-06-09T06:47:08.168-07:002010-06-09T06:47:08.168-07:00He is AMAZING. I've only read the first chapt...He is AMAZING. I've only read the first chapter of PAPER TOWNS so far, and I've got that "I'M NOT WORTHY" feeling.Jill Wheelerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15059527254551768150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8971798860443757706.post-22726627865347230002010-06-09T06:21:42.052-07:002010-06-09T06:21:42.052-07:00David Levithan makes me feel completely not worthy...David Levithan makes me feel completely not worthy. He and John Green wrote WILL GRAYSON, WILL GRAYSON, and I'm so not ready to read that yet. I feel like it will make me thoroughly insecure.Meredithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00462382909938737612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8971798860443757706.post-88497678064547506312010-06-09T06:19:06.847-07:002010-06-09T06:19:06.847-07:00After reading John Green I want to cry. Mostly b...After reading John Green I want to cry. Mostly because it's so good and beautiful and knowing full well, I will NEVER be that good. He had a joke in Will Grayson/Will Grayson that was the same joke I had in my Current WIP-- but his was MUCH funnier. <br /><br />If that's how high the bar is set, I'm going to need a rocket ship to get over it. <br /><br />Whenever I watch one of his videos I think, "he's so smart... I wanna be that smart, why can't I be that smart." Then I start to whine until I'm distracted by a youtube video of an animal doing something cute. <br /><br />I blogged about this a few months ago.<br />http://somethingelsetodistractme.blogspot.com/2010/04/how-smart-is-smart.htmlErinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13936046127305211439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8971798860443757706.post-90621362070568959632010-06-09T05:58:58.145-07:002010-06-09T05:58:58.145-07:00Yep. John Green. I told my lovely agent just yes...Yep. John Green. I told my lovely agent just yesterday that I aspire to be like John. She was pleased by that of course. Who wouldn't be. I think E. Lockhart is pretty close with Frankie Landau-Banks. Now if I can just trade in this bar stool for a barcalounger...Jamie Blairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15899384749829457808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8971798860443757706.post-6331155483340049842010-06-09T05:57:22.553-07:002010-06-09T05:57:22.553-07:00Oh my gosh, yes. One of the first writers I exper...Oh my gosh, yes. One of the first writers I experienced this when (after I got serious about my own writing, that is) was Jasper Fforde. I remember loving the book on the one hand, and on the other lamenting to myself that I would never be that creative.<br /><br />But in some ways I think it's good to compare yourself to writers you admire. If you can get past the initial discouragement, it can be a good learning experiment.Meredith McCardle https://www.blogger.com/profile/10927900808744970620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8971798860443757706.post-3093287013499054762010-06-08T22:25:04.813-07:002010-06-08T22:25:04.813-07:00It's John Green for me, too. John Green and Ma...It's John Green for me, too. John Green and Markus Zusak. <br /><br />Oh man, I read John Green's books and I want to lick them and then throw them out the window. <br /><br />::does Wayne's World bow::Jessica Lovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382996481558671385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8971798860443757706.post-13105465037224192062010-06-08T21:34:09.713-07:002010-06-08T21:34:09.713-07:00ME TOO. Also Laurie Halse Anderson. And Maggie Sti...ME TOO. Also Laurie Halse Anderson. And Maggie Stiefvater. <br /><br />also, you know you just wormed your way even further into my heart with that "we're not worthy" bit. <br /><br />annnd my word verification is "bratiart" which seems somehow appropriate.Kate Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06996372656314569511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8971798860443757706.post-64430087672369310102010-06-08T21:19:27.188-07:002010-06-08T21:19:27.188-07:00It's John Green for me, too.
John Green and ...It's John Green for me, too. <br /><br />John Green and Melina Marchetta. And Arundhati Roy and Markus Zusak and Laurie Halse Anderson and...<br /><br />Well, there are a lot of people.<br /><br />But mostly John Green.Veehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03844706436726113433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8971798860443757706.post-8572875793378649602010-06-08T21:08:13.035-07:002010-06-08T21:08:13.035-07:00For me, it's Megan Whalen Turner. (Excluding, ...For me, it's Megan Whalen Turner. (Excluding, of course, the great classic authors like Hugo or Tolkein or Dumas.)<br /><br />I compare myself to her all the time, and while it frustrates me, it also challenges me. Her level of writing and plotting is the level I want to obtain.<br /><br />(She also has some unique ways of writing, that I love and admire and drool over. Whenever I write something oddly, I can always ask myself if it's stranger than hers. It's not, she has a Newberry, and thus I decide mine is okay. :)Melodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08846251713093236356noreply@blogger.com