National Author's Day comes on November 1 of every year. It is a day to honor all the authors and encourage every writer in life to keep working on their magnum opus. Writing a novel or a small story is hard.
"The only way you can write is by the light of the bridges burning behind you." -
Richard Peck
Today I give you the list of my favorite authors whose lights burn brightly for me. They are listed in no particular order.
Marjorie Flack
Margaret Wise Brown
L M Montgomery
Louise May Alcott
Laura Ingalls Wilder
John Dennis Fitzgerald
Charlotte Bronte
Charles Schultz
Bill Waterson
Gary Larson
Brain Crane
Berkeley Breathed
Theodore Geisel
Richard Peck
Laura Hillenbrand
David McCullough
Richard Paul Evans
Ellie Alexander
Robert McCloskey
Margot Lee Shetterly
Barbara Cooney
Robin McKinley
Robert Edsel
Arnold Lobel
Kathlyn McNeill
Anything and everything I write and publish is because of them. Words alone cannot convey my gratitude.
Who are the lights you read or write behind?
Carrie