If you could ask your favorite author (alive or dead) one question … who would you ask, and what would the question be?
"Why, Jess, honey, I'd be delighted."
My instant response is to ask my girl Carson McCullers something, but I can’t think of any one thing that I could possibly ask her. I’m not really interested in where authors get their stories from, because I know that it is such a personal and inexplicable process, but I would like to hear about her creative process. Personal questions are invasive, and it is possible I already know too much about her. How did she feel about achieving great literary success at such a young age? What was it like living at 7 Middagh Street? Tell me more about those summers with Tennessee Williams?
How about I just settle for: “uh Ms McCullers? Would you care to join me for a drink or two and a chat?”