“Every act of communication is an act of tremendous courage in which we give ourselves over to two parallel possibilities: the possibility of planting into another mind a seed sprouted in ours and watching it blossom into a breathtaking flower of mutual understanding; and the possibility of being wholly misunderstood, reduced to a withering weed.” -Ursula K. Le Guin
I only got a short time to dream of having a living, breathing dinner with Ms. Le Guin before she passed. I remember when I found her short story The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas and believed just a tad bit more that maybe there is a place for me as a writer. I felt like I was so close to finding someone as strange cool as me that I could connect with as a writer.
If you could choose what writer would you have dinner with?
I read The Earthsea Trilogy when I was a young teenager. It had a huge influence on me going forward as a writer today! I would have dinner with Paulo Coelho, another huge influence with an amazing voice!
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Yes! I still have Coelho on my to be read list.
I also haven’t read the trilogy yet but would love to commit to reading it soon. So much to read 📚
Thanks for sharing.
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Patricia Cornwell would be my choice.
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Ohh I’ll have to look her up.
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Ohhh her stuff looks interesting. Thank you for sharing.
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