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ANNE RICE!!!!!!!!!!!!

If she signs up I will love her forever. Which I already do, but still.

And I loved Garth Nix's!!!!

How about Mark Salzman?

Stephenie Meyer
Nora Roberts
Christine Feehan
Keri Arthur

I'm sure someone's said these, but Philip Pullman, Susan Cooper, Eoin Colfer and Carl Hiaasen.

I definitely agree with Orson Scott Card being included. I've actually had the pleasure of meeting him in person, and he's incredibly kind and generous. :)

To drop another few names into the hat...:

Dan Brown
David Baldacci
James A. Michener
J.R.R. Tolkien
Kim Harrison
Laurell K. Hamilton

I've made a deal with my sister that if either of the last two (who are her favorite authors) write a pep talk for this year's NaNo, she's going to do it, so I'm especially pushing for their inclusion.

It would be SOOOOO cool to have a pep talk from Jasper Fforde, have you read his "wordamentarys" about his books? Hysterical, and amazing!!!

I'd also second the votes for Terry Brooks and Orson Scott Card.

MaryJanice Davidson. Tanya Huff. Mike Resnick.

I've already seen votes for Stephenie Meyer, Orson Scott Card, Jim Butcher, Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman, Jasper Fforde, Kelley Armstrong, and Spider Robinson, but let me add my vote to those, too.

Eoin Colfer
Terry Brooks
Terry Pratchet
Garth Nix - I loved his last year!
Orson Scott Card
John Updike

Lorrie Moore, please!
Charles Baxter also is awesome.

Any NaNoers who have published a NaNoNovel would be great! :)

God, Sara Gruen, Christopher Paolini, J.K. Rowling.

DANIEL HANDLER!!!!!!!! I mean Mr. Snicket!!

Stephen Fry
JK Rowling
Ridley Pearson
RICK RIORDAN!!!
Anthony Horowitz
Garth Nix (I loved his pep talk, I still read it)
Neil Gaiman (Another Good pep talk)
Phillip Pullman
Dan Brown

All of the above are my absolute favorite authors! I'd love to get pep talks from them.

Jonathan Stroud
Garth Nix
JK Rowling

STEPHENIE MEYER
STEPHENIE MEYER
STEPHENIE MEYER

please? :D
That would be so amazing!

in no order:
jonathan stroud
stephsnie meyer
susan cooper
garth nix
dave barry
tamara pierce
christopher paolini
marriane curley
j. k. rowling
I am repeating stephanie meyer...and god

Stephanie meyer most definitely would be amazing!

Gail Carson Levine! I think she'd be perfect.

I can't wait to read some original Chris Baty pep-talks! It's always better to read pep-talks from someone who actually knows what the readers are going through. ;)

Hm, some authors I'd love to hear from are:
Brian Jacques
Kenneth Oppel
Angie Sage
Garth Nix (I know we had him last year, but more pep talks from him would be fun)
Debi Gliori

I'd love to hear from:

Sherrilyn Kenyon
Lynsay Sands
Vicki Lewis Thompson
Johanna Lindsey
J.D. Robb

Thanks!!!

Patricia C Wrede would make my year a lot better!

I would love to hear from:

Greg Rucka
Warren Ellis
R.A. Salvatore
Mike Carey

And I can't wait to read your pep talks!

Last year as part of our post-NaNo celebrations my family and I attended a book-signing by Yann Martel in our city. It was the day after NaNo, and in our excitement at having completed a novel (plus the excitement of meeting YANN MARTELL!!!), we babbled incoherently about National Novel Writing Month as he signed our book.

He asked some questions about it, and said (rather enthusiastically too) that it sounded like an excellent concept. He's very much into literacy programs and the like, so I think it would not be too much of a stretch to see him writing a pep talk next year...

Kelley Armstrong,
Jim Butcher would be good too ,

I would LOVE JK Rowling. She would be such a HUGE inspiration, if you could get her.
Also, Neil Gaiman and Garth Nix are great.

Let's see... Who do I want? I'd say:

Brian Jacques,
Anne McCaffery,
James Patterson,
J. K. Rowling,
Christopher Paolini,
Patricia C. Wrede,
Emily Rodda

Just to name a few.

Oh, I can't wait for November!

Will Self?!

Neil Gaiman!!! Neil is awesome! His pep talk last year made my whole month.

It would be really cool if you could get Robin McKinley, Philip Pullman, or Susan Cooper to do pep talks too :)

TAMORA PIERCE!! And Anne Rice, Amelia Atwater-Rhodes and J.K. Rowling would be awesome too!

I suggest asking Chuck Klosterman (Killing Yourself To Live). His black humor will keep me going - you too, probably.

Neil Gaiman has my vote! His peptalk did the trick and helped me keep writing through the week where you want chuck your laptop out a window and feed it to a python.
Also, Terry Pratchett would be AWESOME. :D
J.K Rowling...that would be bloody fantastic, and certainly a motivation to keep you writing! Plus, it'd make a great excuse to become a recluse from family and friends. "J.K Rowling told me to do it."

I'd like to nominate Elizabeth George - fine writer and teacher!

I would so totally love to have Kristan Britain speak to us! as well as Anita Stansfield, and Stephanie Meyer! they are all so amazing! oh yes and Julliet Marillier :) they are soooo awesome please have them! And I agree with the person who asked for a manga person to come. I would love for Hayao Miyazaki as well. he's incredible! the things he's done!

Simon Haynes :)

He's the cool sci-fi/humor writer from Australia and most inspiring :) He even writes in NaNo! :D :D :D

Please bug him for me :)

i would love to hear from chuck palahniuk, he inspired me greatly my first year of nanowrimo
the later tries i was more interested in kelley armstrong and anne rice
would love to hear from them
phillip pullman would make my year to hear from him!

I think we should ask Terry Brooks. Stephanie Meyer would be great and Tamora Pierce would be awesome!!!! Also Kristen Britain. ^_^ Timothy Zahn, and Michael A. Stackpole would be awesome.

If you could invite Scott Westerfeld, that would be amazing.If he writes a pep talk, I know that I'll refer to it many, many times. He'd probably be what keeps me going the most.

In no particular order:

Sarah Dunant

Alexander McCall Smith

Paul Auster

Carol Berg (Rai-Kirah series)
Guy Gavriel Kay
TERRY PRATCHETT !!!!1111!

I'd love if you got Jim Blaylock; he's a great guy. (And an English professor, I believe.)

I would love, love, love it if Charles de Lint wrote a pep talk for us. As much as I love Neil Gaiman, I think we should give other authors a chance too. But his was the best last year, by far. Other authors I think would be good:

• Charles de Lint (listing again - please!)

• Patricia McKillip
• Ursula K McGuinn
• Terry Pratchett
• Patricia C. Wrede
• Armistead Maupin
• Chris Baty
• JK Rowling
• Erin Hunter (a psydonym for a group of writers, but still)

Thanks for asking

Christopher Moore (although he's finishing a book now)
Carl Hiaasen (seconded)
Elmore Leonard
Randy Wayne White
Corson Hirschfeld
Laurence Shames
Tim Dorsey
Jimmy Buffett
Bill Fitzhugh
Armistead Maupin

elizabeth berg, jim fergus, audrey niffenegger, lesley kagen

Terry Pratchett. As I believe just might have been said before, that would be SO FREAKIN' AWESOME!

Also, Brandon Sanderson. I mean, he does do NaNoWriMo, so why not have him write a prep talk?

DARREN SHAN!
DARREN SHAN!
DARREN SHAN!

Seriously, you have to ask Mr Shan. His books are fantabulous! I've even heard talk of a series of films based in the Darren Shan Saga. ^-^

Oh, and Baty pep talks would be cool too... everyone here loves you Mr Baty. ^-^ Ha! I'm such a crawler...

DARREN SHAN!! He is a phenomenal writer.

Anne Fine is such an inspirational writer and speaker.

Chuck Palahniuk - I heard him speak and the whole room was hanging on his every word.

Stephen Fry or Julian Clary would be awesome.

Giles Brandreth!!

PS Recieving an email from Garth Nix last November made my day, week, month....!

Many of those proposed would be outstanding, but I would like to see Sara Gruen return and add my vote for Orson Scott Card who gives excellent writing advice, and Lois McMaster Bujold, John Marco, and Robert Asprin.

Throw in a couple of votes for God too, I can use the inspiration :)

For the Young Writers I think Jeanine Garsee would be a great addition. She is a first time novelist whose book has exceeded all expectations and with a wonderful ability to connect with the older YA audience.

Please invite Diana Gabaldon, Kyle Mils, Stephen White

I think Ernest Hemingway might have a good thing or two to say. Mark Twain? F. Scott Fitz? but in all sincerity...A.E. Hotchner would be cool, or John Krakauer.

Neil Gaimen's pep-talk was AMAZING in 07.

He has my vote for anything and EVERYTHING!

David Clement-Davis would be awesome, but I also miss the Baty pep talks. It was because of his book No Plot no Problem that I ever tried NanoWrimo and why I have won three years in a row. I love his unique humor and the way he really understands what its like to write a novel in 30 days. I love tons of the authors on the list pullman, pierce, poalini, steven King, J.k Rowling, they would all be awesome but none of them can beat a Chris Baty pep talk.

I would love to see the following folks get invited:

Connie Willis
Orson Scott Card
Julian May
Susanna Clarke
Vernor Vinge