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Live Video Chat with Barbara Kingsolver
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Nov 09, 2012 08:11AM
Oh, thank you! I am in the wrong time zone ;-)
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What is your family's favorite aspect about your work and how it affects them individually and as a whole? ~ ty, again!! For your talk in Floyd, VA from quite a few years back. Helped our new library enormousely.
q: What is your family's favorite aspect about your work and how it affects them individually and as a whole? ~ ty, again!! For your talk in Floyd, VA from quite a few years back. Helped our new library enormousely.
I wanted to thank you for your books. I have been a fan since "Bean Trees". I feel you are the master at describing "place", and am always transported to the places you describe through your prose
Q what advice do you have for young writers, or just writers in general
Has the chat begun? I get no video, other than questions from readers.
Marilyn, it starts at 11am PT. So about 50 minutes from now.
q I thought that the setting and characters in Poisonwood were so different from your earlier works and that this continued in subsequent works. Is this scary for you as an author? From my perspective it would take courage to try!
I just love your work. What writers inspire you? Who do you like to read?
q Are you willing to be interviewed (10 questions) on my author's blog? I feature a different writer every Wednesday and it would be so wonderful to feature my favorite author.
I want to thank you for inspiring me and my husband. We read Animal, Vegetable, Miracle together when we first started dating. Your book brought us together and helped us see that we had similar dreams and aspirations. We are now married and have a garden, and still reference your book constantly. Thank you!
q If you are willing, how might I best contact you be email?
Just wanted to say thank you for Animal Vegetable Miracle. It changed our lives. :0)
Tanya, unfortunately, that's not the type of question we ask in the chat. I would suggest contacting her through her website or reaching out to her publisher.
The Poisonwood Bible is one of my all time favourite novels. I re-read it for inspiration with my own writing. I'm curious to know whether you intended the writing to have the rhythm that it did? And where did you get the idea of writing about a missionary family in Africa?
1. What books did you love when you were a girl? 2. Did you always know that you wanted to write? 3. And maybe you could tell us how much research you had to do for Poisonwood Bible?
q I've read your books one after another. Couldn't get enough of you. :) And I particularly loved the audiobooks of Prodigal Summer and The Poisonwood Bible because I could hear your voice in my ears, not only my mind. What prompted you to read them yourself instead of having them read by an actor? Thank you and best wishes from Romania!
q I loved Poisonwood Bible but the Bean Trees have stuck with me and I always tell people to read that book as it has so much meaning. Love your books!
I have not read it but what is about?
I read that you were working on a screenplay for "The Poisonwood Bible." Can you tell us where pre-production sits at the moment? I have been a huge fan since "The Bean Trees." Thank you for sharing your immense gifts with us.
q What was your favorite book to write and why?
q. what is your writing life like? how do you schedule your day. How much is thinking and how much is actually hands on the keyboard? are you distracted easily?
q. Just wanted to say thank you for Animal Vegetable Miracle. It changed our lives. :0)
AMV literally changed my life. It's the first book of yours that I read--since then I've devoured them all, some more than once. This question was already asked above, but I too am curious if you've been able to adhere to the lifestyle you lived in AMV?
You have been my reading compaion for more thatn 20 years now! From Bean Trees, Pigs in Heaven, Animal Dreams - I feel like Turtle's Aunt Phyllis; Prodigal Summer - your most erotic and sensuous; Poisonwood Bible and The Lacuna the most profound and revealing epic novels of whats not right in our country and the power politics play in the polarization of our people; and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle the recipe for our grandchildren. I am moved by your contributions and as my daughter-in-law says "the only thing I don't like about Barbara Kingsolver's novels are that when I finish one I miss her characters. You inspire me!!! Thank you!!
What is Animal Vegetable Miracle about?
q What is Animal Vegetable Miracle about?
q I have both the lacuna and the poisonwood bible here to read and looking forward to them, but out of tgese two - which one do you prefer
q I have both the lacuna and the poisonwood bible here to read and looking forward to them, but out of tgese two - which one do you prefer
q I have both the lacuna and the poisonwood bible here to read and looking forward to them, but out of tgese two - which one do you prefer
q I have both the lacuna and the poisonwood bible here to read and looking forward to them, but out of tgese two - which one do you prefer
Kay: q: The first chapter of Flight Behavior is so well written. It sets the stage for the whole book. Do you write that chapter first or do you go back and write after you figure out more about your charact
q: cont: er and the plot?
q Have you or would you consider writing a book for young readers?
Hello. What a thrill to be in contact with you, virtual or no. I"m wondering your thoughts on this new paradigm in publishing: social media, the use of FB, Twitter, webpages, BLOGs, etc. Do you see it as a push towards a more democratic/popular playing field, with the demise of the more traditional gatekeepers (agents and editors).
A mentor once told me that writers must lead "useful" lives. I took this to mean of use to other people. How do you think writers (particularly fiction writers) might lead
Thank you for that beautiful description of fiction, Barbara. This is indeed an art. Not telling the reader what to think, not spoon-feeding them, but letting them come to the conclusion on their own.
All the way from France I just wanted to thank you so much for your amazing work and gift. You have open my mind so much. I'm pretty definitive that you are my favorite writer and can't begin to tell you how grateful I am. All my best.!
q what were the books/authors you read as a child?
What kind of a collaborative relationship do you have with your editor/s? How much or how little does your editor contribute to content/ideas?
q What kind of a collaborative relationship do you have with your editor/s? How much or how little does your editor contribute to content/ideas?
q Prodigal Summer changed the way I read books. Small Wonder introduced me to the great Doris Lessing and The Golden Notebook. I am a 2nd year college student struggling to sustain the once oppressive desire I had to change the world. You overcame a lot of self-defeating thoughts in college, that you wrote about in Small Wonder. How did you overcome the college dumps? Should I just forget about the bigger picture and only strive to better my small Northern California college community?
q The Poisonwood Bible is one of my all time favourite novels. I re-read it for inspiration with my own writing. I'm curious to know whether you intended the writing to have the rhythm that it did? And where did you get the idea of writing about a missionary family in Africa?
q Are your characters real-life composites or models, and do you make extensive character background notes before committing them to paper (well, the screen)?
qLorrie Kovell: Thank you for writing The Lacuna, I felt you captured the pain of being gay in a rural community and I want to thank you for giving voice to the pain and the danger of intolerance. Was there a friend or fellow artist who gave you insight into the reality of having to live a closeted life? Again thanks for giving voice to the pain of many in such a beautiful way.
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