Comments on Chick With A Quill: An Award and a Meme

Vanilla, my pleasure and it is the truth! Hmmm, in...

2009-04-02T08:17:00.000-03:00

Vanilla, my pleasure and it is the truth! Hmmm, interesting the similarities…. :-)
xoxoxo

L.A., you’re very welcome! Thank you for playing along. :-)

Thanks, Marilyn! :-) You’re much too kind. It would be enough if I would see my name on a book cover… :-)

Thanks, Bernard. It’s true, “Jude the Obscure” was dark, but I still like Thomas Hardy. :-)

Sarah, yes, the connection is definitely here… :-) And I think you’re a very good judge of characters…
xoxoxo

It is, Scarlett! And you’re right – it’s difficult to stop at 25. :-)

You’re very welcome, Miladysa! I’m off to see your list now! :-)

I’m glad to hear this, Kaye! :-) I love “Frenchman’s Creek” and “The King’s General”. “Rebecca” too, obviously.

Thank you so much, Hoodie! I’ll be there! :-)

Vesper - I'd like to invite you to my "welcome bac...

2009-04-01T20:04:00.000-03:00

Vesper - I'd like to invite you to my "welcome back to the blog world" party over at my place. Check it out.

Done :D

2009-04-01T10:02:00.000-03:00

Done :D

What a varied and interesting list! I certainly s...

2009-03-30T21:47:00.000-03:00

What a varied and interesting list! I certainly share in your enthusiasm for Stoker, Poe, Burroughs, Shakespeare, King and wow!!!I love Du Maurier! ;)))

Thank you for the award Vesper - I'm honoured :DLo...

2009-03-29T14:33:00.000-03:00

Thank you for the award Vesper - I'm honoured :D

Loved your list of authors - there are quite a few in there that I would have to choose too. I'll play along - it might take a day or two but I'll let you know once I've posted.

M x

I am blessed with friends who are sisters to me, t...

2009-03-27T19:20:00.000-03:00

I am blessed with friends who are sisters to me, too. Isn't it imperative!

Love your list; it would be pretty similar to mine, but I'd add Khalil Gibran, Rudyard Kipling and Robert Fulghum.
How do we only choose 25?

Scarlett &

Thank you so much for the wonderful Sisterhood awa...

2009-03-27T16:25:00.000-03:00

Thank you so much for the wonderful Sisterhood award, Vesper. I've felt that connection in our words from the very beginning. :) It really does touch me that you see it, too.

Your list is wonderfully diverse, and I can see those influences in your work. You have a wonderfully romantic side (which especially dazzles in your poetry), but also a more keenly scientific perspective, too. It's a unique talent to have that range, I think.

And I have to disagree with Bernard. ;) I loved poor, wonderful Jude! Tess, too. In fact, Hardy almost showed up on my list. :)

And I'm glad you reminded me of Thomas Mann. Death in Venice is a personal favorite.

I like your list very much except for Thomas Hardy...

2009-03-27T14:18:00.000-03:00

I like your list very much except for Thomas Hardy. I never recovered from reading 'Jude The Obscure'. :)

Congrats on your lovely Sisterhood award, and I en...

2009-03-27T12:14:00.000-03:00

Congrats on your lovely Sisterhood award, and I enjoyed reading your list of influential authors, too! May your name appear on someone else's list someday :).

Thank you, Vesper!! What a sweet perk to my morni...

2009-03-27T11:54:00.000-03:00

Thank you, Vesper!! What a sweet perk to my morning. Though I shall steal a few of yours, I'll do my best to pass the torch on Monday :)

Have a fantastic weekend!

Aww, thanks so much for the award, Vesper! You ar...

2009-03-27T10:56:00.000-03:00

Aww, thanks so much for the award, Vesper! You are such a sweetie and a great sister.
Funny that, I don't have siblings either and also always wanted an older brother!

Love your list of influencers - brilliant!

xoxoxox

Lisa, you’re very welcome! This is how I feel – I ...

2009-03-27T08:44:00.000-03:00

Lisa, you’re very welcome! This is how I feel – I hope you feel it too… As for the list, I’m glad you found it interesting. :-)

Thank you, Geraldine! And a wonderful weekend to you. *many hugs*

I thought so, Charles. :-) Your mentioning of Carmilla made me start reading it again last night. Although I love all his stories, my favourite of his is “A Strange Event in the Life of Schalken the Painter”.

Karen, I must admit, I love science fiction. “Somebody else”? – hmmm, I remember seeing Thomas Hardy on your list, but no sf... I’m glad to hear that. :-)
Le Fanu is an Irish writer, a master of the Gothic art. You can find stories on gutenberg.org. Jean Ray will be more difficult to find. I believe there exists a volume (maybe two) of his short stories translated into English, but even if you read him in French, as I do, his work is very hard to find.

Thank you, Cat! :-)

Thanks, LW! :-) Yeah, I too had a hard time limiting the list to 25 names.

Mark, Dickens, certainly, and many others, but I had to stop at 25. :-)

Vesper...There is some commonality to what would h...

2009-03-27T05:59:00.000-03:00

Vesper...There is some commonality to what would have been on a mutual list, Poe, King, Stroker, Dumas, Doyle but what...no Dickens?

Grats on finding sisters.

grats v... so well-deserved :Dgreat meme, too... i...

2009-03-26T22:01:00.000-03:00

grats v... so well-deserved :D

great meme, too... i could never list just 25, though

Yay! Another 25er. Love your list Vesper. I can ...

2009-03-26T21:39:00.000-03:00

Yay! Another 25er. Love your list Vesper. I can see these being your influences.

Vesper - Your list is quite diverse -- from Greg B...

2009-03-26T17:32:00.000-03:00

Vesper - Your list is quite diverse -- from Greg Bear to Margaret Mitchell! I haven't found too many sci-fi lovers out here (can't beat a good sci-fi for ethical examinations), so it's good to see that someone else can love Thomas Hardy and Stephen King at the same time! I don't know Jean Ray or Le Fanu, so I thank you for giving me a quest!.

There's a fair number on your list of influences t...

2009-03-26T16:29:00.000-03:00

There's a fair number on your list of influences that would be on mine too. Strange, I was just thinking of Carmilla last night.

A well deserved award for you and an impressive li...

2009-03-26T15:25:00.000-03:00

A well deserved award for you and an impressive list of favorite writers.

Wishing you a wonderful day.

Hugs, G

Thank you for passing on the sisterhood award. You...

2009-03-26T14:16:00.000-03:00

Thank you for passing on the sisterhood award. You have truly made my day :)

I love your meme choices. They have piqued my curiosity about you as a person even more than it already was. Very impressive and fascinating list!

xo