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I...Like it says, the trick is to be entertaining. <br /><br />If you engage your audience with a story - any story, even if it contains uncomfortable topics. With uncomfortable topics, if you wish to use them, you have to make it into something it is not - that being, a comfortable or better yet, amusing topic. <br /><br />Still, it all comes back around to entertaining the crowd and showing them that you are a person too. Then they are even more likely to walk out the door with one (or more) of your books. :)<br /><br />M. R. Sellars<br />http://www.mrsellars.comM. R. Sellarshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323752017190564886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-35804137971661033972009-11-19T11:28:42.582-05:002009-11-19T11:28:42.582-05:00Thanks for addressing this question EA!
I was sho...Thanks for addressing this question EA!<br /><br />I was shocked to realize that topics were not given to authors, and always felt a bit sheepish about asking WHAT I was supposed to talk about. <br /><br />There are plenty of books on getting published, but unless I am missing something - none that I know of on what to do once you've got there and how to stay there. <br /><br /><br /><br />jellybean: good point about making characters, not being one! Ha! People really do give authors and artists a lot of leeway to be eccentric, but yes - there IS a line...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-41838922634956664662009-11-18T21:57:01.032-05:002009-11-18T21:57:01.032-05:00My take on the problem is this: being a writer is ...My take on the problem is this: being a writer is all about over-sharing. Bringing a character to life means revealing both good and bad (and sometimes gross and inappropriate) aspects of that 'person.' I think that working in that headspace sometimes blurs the lines in real life.<br /><br />I suppose we all need to remember that we are not characters ourselves.jellybeannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-22747939366320022252009-11-18T09:40:26.838-05:002009-11-18T09:40:26.838-05:00LOL, Michael!LOL, Michael!Editorial Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06294247222893767117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-66556206880847523432009-11-17T17:13:47.408-05:002009-11-17T17:13:47.408-05:00I attended a library function where Fran Cannon Sl...I attended a library function where <a href="http://www.francannonslayton.com/" rel="nofollow">Fran Cannon Slayton</a> spoke about writing.<br /><br />Oh. My. Word. She kept both kids and adults entertained as she compared establishing yourself as a person to establishing voice in a novel. <br /><br />And she managed to work in a story about wearing a chicken suit. <br /><br />A lot of us hope we'll have the chance to be the author in an event. If I ever get there, I hope I pull it off half as well as she did.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06909176210194176373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-89124175912735070222009-11-17T16:18:07.253-05:002009-11-17T16:18:07.253-05:00If you spent some time in the porn industry, thoug...<i>If you spent some time in the porn industry, though, I would expect you to leave out that part. Would you agree?</i><br /><br />Ah, so you are familiar with my film oeuvre.<br /><br />Kidding. My films were never released in the US.<br /><br />To be honest I think it probably all depends on the age of your audience, and on the type of book you write. I'm reading and really loving Brom's <i>Child Thief.</i> I think he could say things to a YA audience that would seem out of place coming from Ann Martin. Like Eminem can say things that might seem a wee bit outre coming from Miley Cyrus. <br /><br />I think it's an algebraic equation involving speaker, audience, venue. (And of course how drunk everyone is. Especially the kids, 'cause man, a drunk 11 year old can really talk some trash. Am I right?) <br /><br />In any event the thing most likely to make the grown-ups mad is "bad" language. Which is an idiotic thing to get upset over. And yet you'll find my books are carefully PG because I'm not suggesting anyone be stupid. After all, it's about moving books, not deliberately annoying grown-ups.Michael Reynoldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05217493579132625169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-78670560556881152152009-11-17T15:35:24.978-05:002009-11-17T15:35:24.978-05:00Michael, I personally don't have a problem wit...Michael, I personally don't have a problem with authors telling kids the truth about their path to adulthood. Dave Pilkey was a problem student, and I'm happy he's out there reminding kids and teachers that lots of bad listeners turn out ok.<br /><br />Dropping out of high school is fine; it's not like that's inappropriate content for kids. <br />If you spent some time in the porn industry, though, I would expect you to leave out that part. Would you agree?<br /><br />Jem, usually there's no set topic.Editorial Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06294247222893767117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-39090826287119016262009-11-17T12:55:52.930-05:002009-11-17T12:55:52.930-05:00Hi Editorial Anonymous! Quick question for you, be...Hi Editorial Anonymous! Quick question for you, because this post brings up an interesting point I've never considered - when authors are asked to give talks (presumably at a non-author organized event), are they frequently not given a specific topic to speak about? I'm used to business speakers, who are given pretty strict guidelines.JEMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04043891292719086478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-78793295449031178782009-11-17T12:34:11.500-05:002009-11-17T12:34:11.500-05:00The problem is often with the audience mix, especi...The problem is often with the audience mix, especially when you're going to schools. Teachers have a very, very different view of what's appropriate than the kids do. The teachers want us to put on a nice safe dog and pony show, stroke the school, and say nothing remotely challenging or that will result in angry calls from idiot parents.<br /><br />But we're not there to talk to the teachers. We're there to talk to the kids. No question some of what I've said to kids put their teacher's teeth on edge, starting with the admission that I dropped out of high school. Or that I pretty much did nothing but smoke and weed and work dead-end jobs until I was in my 30's. <br /><br />The teachers (and the librarians, and the bookstore owners, and the flacks) have their needs but their needs are not necessarily the same as mine.<br /><br />Teachers have the power of law behind them, their "audience" has to show up. My readers are there voluntarily. I have to compete with every other writer plus TV, internet, movies, music and games. <br /><br />So will I push it beyond the teacher's comfort zone? Yes. Because the kids live their lives beyond the teacher's comfort zone and because the kids smell inauthenticity and phoniness like a shark smells blood. I tell as much of the truth as I can. If teachers, store owners, editors, flacks and assorted other people who fall into the category of "not my readers" don't like it they should probably not invite me.Michael Reynoldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05217493579132625169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-27856329205755059312009-11-17T10:55:32.532-05:002009-11-17T10:55:32.532-05:00Chris Crutcher is one of the best I've seen. ...Chris Crutcher is one of the best I've seen. He was a featured author at the Montana State Reading Conference this year - absolutely spectacular! I was a fan before I saw him speak, but now I am awed and impressed.<br />www.shannonkodonnell.blogspot.comShannon O'Donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17299313309059235876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7986595816238301046.post-82087977731101506352009-11-17T09:01:47.988-05:002009-11-17T09:01:47.988-05:00I've NEVER been to an author event, sad but tr...I've NEVER been to an author event, sad but true. If authors don't talk about the book what in the heck do they talk about?<br /><br />*I should point out I've been to signings but other than the author being introduced briefly there was no presentation. I just stood in line and politely waited my turn to get my name spelled wrong and have zero eye-contact with the author. (I don't blame the author -- signings to me have the feeling of an animal being stared at in a zoo, which is why I don't go to signings anymore -- the book is enough for me, I don't need your sig on top of it.) <br /><br />*Also, I've been verbally accosted by authors who sit at tables at Barnes and Noble and Borders with a big pile of their small press or not so small press book. One man screamed at me as I walked in (I kid you not, screamed): "Hey, you! Do you want to buy my book?!"<br /><br />God, I felt bad for him. That kind of mix of desperation and elitism is enough to ruin anyone's day. But I also didn't buy his book. Books aren't like those impulse buys at checkout lanes. There's a huge difference between buying a dollar pack of gum and a 25 dollar hardcover in a genre you don't even read. As a struggling writer myself, I didn't even have the money to buy the book I went there looking for, much less some other book. Unless its a favorite author, the library gets my business. <br /><br />So..... back to my question... what do author's "talks" look like?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com