How do you feel when you start a discussion about your favorite author

It would definitely feel great! I haven't yet started any as yet but this surely motivates me to start one. However, I have responded to many discussions revolving around John Grisham, Dan brown, Robin Cook, Old classics of Charles Dickens, Emily bronte, poets like Shakespeare, Yeats, Tagore, Browning....i can go on and on. Sharing thoughts with like minded people not only enriches us but helps brushing through our fond memories. I share a lot of common stuffs in literature with my friend here Maribea. Her love for Italian literature and any good literature for that matter binds us together. And every time we just love each other more. Thank you Bala for a lovely discussion. It was an elevating feeling responding to it.

I think that is what's called as gatecrashing a discussion when someone comes in and takes over and starts to take control of the discussion for his/her own ends. I think it's cheeky, because if they have such strong opinions about someone else then they should start their own discussion and not hijack someone else's. I sometimes digress when I am responding but I certainly wouldn't hijack or gatecrash a discussion.

I am not sure if you are speaking of whether it affects me about whether it hurts me if someone feels differently about an author or if I get upset when someone butts in. If someone is talking differently about an author than me that is OK we all have our own opinions... I would actually like to know why that person feels that way and maybe I feel the same way just not as strongly as the other person. If someone butts in... I am talking... I will finish. Period. It is rude to interupt someone's conversation and I will let them know as such. Thanks

I would feel rather odd if I started a discussion about my fave author and someone responded talking about their own fave author. Unless I was saying something like "I really like the work or xxxx, who is your fave author and why?" I would wonder at their motives. I would find their response somewhat off topic and would probably just thank them for participating and move onto the next response :)

Usually people who do that have no knowledge of the author and they want to change the conversation to something that they are familiar with.

Hello dear balasri. I think that it is ok for me if one starts to talk about some other authors that they prefer or familiar with. I do not expect everyone to know about the same author, so I do not care at all if they talk about some other authors that they like. Thanks.

Hi Balasri. In open discussion, normally, many responses will aggressive try to promote their own principle and ideas when discussing about 'a favorite author'. And they forgot about your SUBJECT of discussion when you're talking about your favorite author. This kind of attitude and person, really don't even know the discipline of attending discussion and how to make entry accordingly to the procedures. Anyway, 'the intruder' also a participant, but fallen under ignorable participant.