Bujold at Southeast Library, MPLS, April 7th
I will be participating in a chat on the subject of the Penric & Desdemona novellas at the Rivendell Discussion Group on Saturday, April 7th, at 1:30 PM, here in Minneapolis at the Southeast Library. The meeting is open to the public.
Particulars here:
http://rivendellergroup.com/next-rive...
More info on the group here:
http://rivendellergroup.com/
Whether it ends up as a round-table discussion or more of an author Q&A will depend on how many people show up, and if there's a blizzard that day, but I'm sure it will all work out somehow.
Ta, L.
Particulars here:
http://rivendellergroup.com/next-rive...
More info on the group here:
http://rivendellergroup.com/
Whether it ends up as a round-table discussion or more of an author Q&A will depend on how many people show up, and if there's a blizzard that day, but I'm sure it will all work out somehow.
Ta, L.
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Mar 25, 2018 05:48PM
Wish I could be there, maybe I'll send my brother again, he's retired now!
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Hello, Lois. I know about the semi-retirement, and I understand that "here in Minneapolis" is a logical choice and also good for the community, and perhaps also convenient. But you are a superstar, if you admit it or not. People are killing for publicity, whereas you ... I apologize for the tone. Do you consider a youtube channel, maybe?
Brzk wrote: "Hello, Lois. I know about the semi-retirement, and I understand that "here in Minneapolis" is a logical choice and also good for the community, and perhaps also convenient. But you are a superstar,..."Publicity was killing me, or at least my pleasure in dealing with it all, so I opted out. Airplanes and I do not get along anymore.
I'm afraid I only use YouTube to dip into fan songvids of anime I've fallen much too deeply into, but my fabric-arts friends say it holds some super helpful how-to stuff that similar hobbyists share. I expect it works as well across all creative hobbies and skillsets.
This Goodreads blog is all the PR I want to do, and so far, it seems to be working just fine. For one thing, it is closely focused on readers and reading. The only people I actually need to reach are readers, and really, all readers need to know about me is how to spell my name correctly in order to look up my books.
(For the record, Bujold is my surname and the one my books should be filed under. The McMaster is my maiden name that I use as a middle name for my writing. No hyphens, no doubling up. Just Bujold, or Ms. Bujold, or Lois. Or LMB, when I need a short tag. Or just L. for signing off and signaling an exchange is concluded.)
Another problem with public speaking and oral interviews, I find, is that I talk in first draft, or, on a bad day, in preliminary notes. This was OK back in the times when one's speech vanished into the air upon delivery, but in these days of everything one spouts being recorded by one's audience and, for example, put up on YouTube, I'd rather have a chance to edit to what I actually meant to say, and not some garbled bracketing fire in the general vicinity of my meaning. Preferably after a night's sleep, if I can get one.
Ta, L.
Hello, Lois! Thank you very much for your answer! I guess I just wanted to hear from you. You know how fans slide towards the delusion that they know the author they have read and are close friends. The actual possibility to say "Hi, Lois" does not help much battling the condition. So again - thank you for answering my stupid comment. Please stay exactly as you are, don't let people like me drive you crazy with repetitions, and ( fill in any other useful advice which you need right now).
Best,
brzk
I wish I could be there right now, trying for a good seat. Looking forward to feedback from someone who is able to attend. I just recommended Bujold's works on a book blog and got some "I will have to give her books a try" responses. So, here's hoping that I started at least one new addict. Addiction to reading great books like these is much healthier than most of the other options! ;-)
