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If this is your first time wandering to Redwood's Medical Edge-- it's a blog designed to help authors write medically accurate fiction. Generally, how to maim, injure and kill your FICTIONAL characters. I field writing related medical questions and blog on medical topics.
Hmm... my writer's wish list.
Just one simple wish really...
Lunch with Dean Koontz-- to say thank you.
Last June, when Proof released, fellow medical author Candace Calvert posed me this question and I have been thinking about it ever since. If you were in Southern California and were lunching with Dean Koontz, what three questions would you ask him.
I nearly passed out just thinking about that scenario.
But more than that, I would like to thank him for writing such great stories. I can't confess to reading his entire body of works. I also don't claim to LOVE every one of his books but he is, by far, an author I have learned a lot from. An author I would like to write like. An author I love to learn from. When I'm stuck in my own writing I'll often crack open one of his books to get me going again.
Okay-- I'm going to amend my wish. Dean, please write another book on writing! Please, for me. Just. For. Me.
Then I thought, why stop at Dean? What writers/authors would you say "thank you" to and for what? Let me know in the comments section-- when you leave your e-mail (hint...hint).
Here's a short list from me. If I could have a Castle like poker game with all these folks . . . well . . . heaven!!
1. Dean Koontz: for being a master story teller.
2. James Scott Bell/ Donald Maass: for writing such great craft books. Really, check them out.
3. Julie Cantrell: for being the most down to earth NYT bestselling author I've ever met that I get to call friend. Oohhh, I did lunch with her!
4. Candace Calvert: for being a mentor to me.
5. Lynette Eason: for being the first person to ever endorse one of my books.
6. Robin Cook/Michael Palmer/Harry Kraus: for writing great medical thrillers.
7. Harlen Coban/Linwood Barclay/Karin Slaughter: for writing great suspense.
8. God: for writing the best book there ever was.
What would your list look like?
To all my readers-- and hopefully some new ones-- Merry Christmas!!
Jordyn Redwood
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