A few days ago my wonderful sister-in-law in Tennessee wrote a very nice blog about Lemuria. (check it out) Some of you may know that she is a very popular parenting blogger. She mentioned that I have my brother’s dream job. Maybe so. One of the great things about working at Lemuria is the author events. We get to meet some of the world’s most interesting people. Historians, celebrities, prize winning fiction writers and on and on. This summer I hung out with John Grisham, Lee Child, and Leigh Anne and Sean Tuohy – and that’s during our slow time. Funny thing is, you could hang out with these folks too – and without even having to work here. (honestly, actually working here isn’t all that glamorous – I move books from one stack to another for a living) and here’s another secret – come hear the reading and see if you are interested in reading the book. If you do end up buying the book then you get days and days of enjoyment, enjoyment enhanced by actually having met the author, and if you don’t (gasp) buy the book then at least you had free entertainment and (another added bonus) cheap beverage.
One author event coming up that looks to be pretty interesting is first time novelist Bruce Machart. Here is a quote from an interview that I can’t find online to link – it reminds me very much of something that Matterhorn author Karl Marlantes said here – this is in response to the question “what inspired you to start writing?” – Machart’s answer:
“I read Eudora Welty’s story Powerhouse, which is fittingly titled. It blew my away. It triggered in me an intellectual curiosity that I hadn’t felt before. I only knew that it worked, that it was a masterpiece, but I couldn’t begin to say why. I also knew that if I could do that–if I could learn how and why stories worked, if I could make something so affecting–I would be doing the most rewarding work I could imagine.”
Come see Bruce Machart on Wed., September 29 when he signs and reads from The Wake of Forgiveness.
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