Meet the Author I have always wondered what and how it would feel if one gets a chance to meet the author of your favourite novel or any book in fact. One thing for sure is that the experience would be unforgettable. But the question still in my mind is, should one venture out to strike an intensive conversation with that person? Say suppose you happen to see 'Sidney Sheldon' sitting at the corner table in a coffee shop and he seems to be alone at that time. Now the question is, would you think of walking upto him and apart from an autograph and a few compliments, start asking him about his whole idea behind the plot of his most popular novel you've read?? I am sure that i would just leave it at the autograph stage. I believe that these writers and authors are people having extraordinary intellectual and creative skills and abilities. They live in a different world and often are gifted with the ability to express whats running in their mind. It could be a real life experience or a new story or a new plot for their running novel. In a nutshell, their moods change every moment. So do you think, by actually sitting with him and asking him his personal views on a particular novel which he might have written long back, is the right thing to do?? Be advised that you have enjoyed that particular novel in your own manner and Sheldon (Sidney) would have written it with a completely different perspective. There are very strong chances that he might make you altogether feel miserable if his veiws happen to completely contradict yours. 'Your favourite novel' as you would have claimed otherwise, might then become your worst. The novel with his personal autograph would just make all the difference for a lifetime to me.