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Getting together and talking about a story...would be interesting. And giving an honest opinion would make great sense. Different views and the imagination might seem alien but it's never boring.
posted by
yellowrose55
on June 19, 2009 at 7:24 PM
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This was a lovely 'slice of life' piece Azur, I felt like I was there. What pulled it together for me was the cake and the plate - I can just picture the whole evening. You have a scriptwriter's gift there too, methinks.
posted by
mneme
on June 16, 2009 at 8:25 PM
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Azur
Interesting observations. As to James Frey - I have never really understood the problem. Because A Million Little Pieces (which I haven't read yet, it's way down on my list) was supposed to be autobiographical but turned out not to be? I mean who cares! (Dumb question, apparently a lot of people do, lol). Better question: what's in the minds of the people who do care? If he wrote something engaging and insightful and wrote it well, what difference does it make that he was not writing from direct personal experience? Don't writers make up things? I mean he didn't plagiarize, as has been known to occur, even here on Blogit, LOL...
As to book clubs - I think I'll stay away. For one thing, I am not a writer, and for another thing, I somehow think it would be a toss-up as to what would happen first: my leaving again or my being kicked out...
posted by
Nautikos
on June 14, 2009 at 7:27 PM
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Gave a peeep into a suburban book club life!
posted by
Straightforward
on June 14, 2009 at 7:15 PM
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Azur,
Sounds like a nice book club. I had to quit mine.
Every time there was anything that sounded like a popping noise everyone hit the floor
and started shouting in Spanish. It just got too difficult to deal with.
Maybe I should find another part of town.
But I own a house and the West Side is even worse.
posted by
Jack_Flash
on June 13, 2009 at 4:38 PM
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Our curiosity about those whose writing we read.
Azur,
You admit to wanting to learn about other authors, and given an opportunity to ask them questions, via your book club, you speak freely with them and learn much. We are all curious about other people, at least to a degree. Human interaction is one purpose of composing something (monetary considerations aside) intended to be read and appreciated, albeit this is usually only a one-sided conversation, a monolog. How stimulating would it be to be able to sit down and speak with someone like Ben Franklin or Abe Lincoln! I wonder why your personal information about yourself on your blogit "about me" page is so sparse. I understand why people wish to keep revealing information about themselves private, it is a dangerous world nowadays, what with nutcases, stalkers, etc. but inquiring minds want to know something about a fellow blogger. Without telling too much and regretting it later, you can still tell us innocuous bits about yourself, so we can form a mental image of you, like we may have done with an imaginary friend, in our formative childhood. Just suggesting.
I enjoyed reading a bit of your work, and will read more when I have the time. Nice to meet you.
Guy
posted by
northsage_45
on June 13, 2009 at 5:20 AM
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Enjoyed being a fly on the wall at the book club meeting and tasting
the chocolate on the plate when you weren't looking.
posted by
Ariala
on June 13, 2009 at 5:08 AM
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The problem is I've become one of them...
looking down my nose at the intellectual level of Mundane, thinking we ain't got no culture here in dullsville.
Which if you think about it is a opinion without confirmation since I'm in my corner office writing editing revising deleting screwing around except for an hour with my soap and kitchen duty, and how'd I know if there's any culture, art, music, philosophy, etc., if I never go out. There's a university here for Pete's sake, with all kinds of ... so I should get out and do instead of singing sour grapes to myself and being homesick for my Seattle.
Love the touch at the end of your book club with the chocolate slice and the plate. And the thing about James Frey. I see it went well with the author, too. 
Write on!
posted by
Pat_B
on June 13, 2009 at 4:12 AM
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