| RAT Harrasses a "Famous Person"! |
| Hooray for initiating a brush with celebrity! |
| Okay, the closest I've ever gotten to someone famous was getting my picture taken with 3rd place American Idol finalist Nikki McKibbin. (She has stretch marks, by the way.) It may be the closest I ever get. But as an authoress hopeful, I'm psyched to know that mystery writer Doug Allyn lives within five miles of me. Driving past his nondescript brown house, I take special care to sort of lean over and peer nonchalantly into his big front window, where a desk and a gooseneck lamp sit, to see if he's working. I'm not a stalker- swear. If I was I'd be pawing through his garbage in search of rejected rough drafts. Not likely. I'm not even a fan really. I can't even boast having finished one of his books. He did once waltz into the library one day when I was there. I didn't even recognize him, but the girl beside me did. She shoved one of his books in front of me and said, "Pretend to be reading it. He'll be really flattered." For the record, he was in too much of hurry to so much as glance in my direction, let alone notice what I was reading. He got the information he needed, then purposefully walked out. (Waitaminnit-- writers have agendas?) Anyway, though I'm not particularly his biggest fan, I am intrigued as hell. Curious about a writer's life, what inspires him. (Not to mention how much he makes, though he's not likely to divulge that.) So I've decided to write to him. Making myself as endearing as possible, with all the golly-gee and ambition of a budding writer, I will compose a letter to the man. What I'm gathering now is questions: What would you ask? Yo, all writers and curious people, tell me what you want to know. Email RAT or contact me, Carrie, at one of my various stalking places with your questions. I'll pull them together and try to get them answered. I hope to mail the letter at least a week before Christmas, then if I get a reply, I will post a follow-up story with his answers. So hurry, hurry, hurry. |
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