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Post by Dante on Feb 24, 2015 3:53:34 GMT -5
From 2pm (GMT) on Wednesday February 25th (i.e. tomorrow), Mr. Handler will be answering questions in a live webchat over at The Guardian. Not making too huge a deal out of this as to submit a question you have to post a comment, which requires a Guardian, Facebook, or Google+ account. Although quite a few people probably have those, to be fair. If you have the right credentials, and a question, be sure to visit and ask! www.theguardian.com/books/2015/feb/23/daniel-handler-webchat-we-are-pirates |
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Post by Cafe SalMONAlla on Feb 24, 2015 4:00:41 GMT -5
He's getting pretty frequent with these.
There's a question already in the comments that I think is fantastic - the one about the "uncomfortable echo" of reality. If one of 667's goons wrote that, awesome! I haven't heard him discuss that aspect of his writing at any length before, though it is prominent.
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Post by Skelly Craig on Feb 25, 2015 0:01:52 GMT -5
There's a question already in the comments that I think is fantastic - the one about the "uncomfortable echo" of reality. If one of 667's goons wrote that, awesome! I haven't heard him discuss that aspect of his writing at any length before, though it is prominent. Are you talking about the comments on the linked Guardian page? Because I looked through them (there are only 17 so far) and couldn't find the comment you're referring to. |
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Post by Cafe SalMONAlla on Feb 25, 2015 0:24:49 GMT -5
Yes. I looked just now. Where'd it go?!
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Post by Dante on Feb 25, 2015 5:58:29 GMT -5
I remember that question too! There is one that's been deleted, but it's more recent, and it's hard to see how the comment in question could have contravened moderatorial guidelines. ...One other person way down the comments thread has posted indicating that their question somehow vanished. Maybe the page was remade or something?
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Post by Skelly Craig on Feb 25, 2015 11:27:00 GMT -5
Yay! Handler responded to my question! And I dig the answer, too
Oh and concerning the temporary disapearance of the "echo" question, Staff has mentioned "Thanks to a production error, an earlier version of this webchat was deleted," but luckily they reposted the questions that were deleted, so all is good.
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Post by Christmas Chief on Feb 25, 2015 17:29:13 GMT -5
I liked your question, Terry. (What did you make of On Writing, by the way?)
This was the earlier question in question:
A Series of Unfortunate Events is, far and away, one of my favourite, well, series. I wanted to ask you about the world you created for the Baudelaires. Society there is surreal enough to accept without question a baby working as a secretary, for example. Why did you wish to depart from reality while still maintaining an uncomfortable echo of it?
I wish a society cruel enough to exploit children for cheap labor was indeed purely imaginary. I think the world of the Baudelaires is one that feels awfully familiar, perhaps with an emphasis on the word "awfully."
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And another worth mentioning:
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Firstly, please allow me to lavish excessive praise. I’ve been a fan of your books for adults long before picking up a Lemony Snicket excursion, and was inspired by your live chat to register with the Guardian. Which is what I suppose they wanted. Watch Your Mouth is a book I will happily recommend as essential reading to anyone foolish enough to listen, but always add an addendum that it isn’t necessarily enjoyable or fulfilling.
Your books tend to stem from bold concepts - Jewish incest opera, 17 non/interconnecting love stories or 21stC trad. pirates - and I was wondering whether you started with the premise and slowly break it down or whether these “mission statements” appear after your months of writing.*
*Please excuse this pompous query.
I am charmed that you find the phrase "not necessarily enjoyable" to be "excessive praise." I hope not to get on your non-excessive side.
I begin with a story. Stories occur to me. Then I think about an interesting way to tell a story. Operas interest me, as do unreliable diaries and 13-volume histories. I am at work on something fragmentary now. This interests me too, and I am lucky to have a profession in which I am almost continuously interested.
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Post by Skelly Craig on Feb 26, 2015 18:13:39 GMT -5
I liked your question, Terry. (What did you make of On Writing, by the way?) I've purchased it recently, so I haven't read it yet, but I heard very good things about it. Have you read it? |
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Post by Dante on Feb 27, 2015 6:17:43 GMT -5
Another point worth mentioning is that he indicates there's been interest in a The Basic Eight TV series, though if the Why We Broke Up movie has fallen by the wayside, I don't see that TB8 stands much of a chance.
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Post by B. on Feb 27, 2015 7:46:48 GMT -5
Another point worth mentioning is that he indicates there's been interest in a The Basic Eight TV series You build me up Though if the Why We Broke Up movie has fallen by the wayside, I don't see that TB8 stands much of a chance. You break me down WHY YOU DO THIS DANTE |
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Post by Dante on Feb 27, 2015 14:20:35 GMT -5
"Don't shoot the messenger."
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Post by B. on Feb 27, 2015 14:56:37 GMT -5
"Don't shoot the messenger." The messenger could at least sit me down and offer me a cup of tea before raining all over my parade. |
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Post by Christmas Chief on Feb 27, 2015 17:29:53 GMT -5
I liked your question, Terry. (What did you make of On Writing, by the way?) I've purchased it recently, so I haven't read it yet, but I heard very good things about it. Have you read it? Yes, I think it's one of the more realistic works on writing out there. You should consider making an LLiterature thread after you've read it; I'm curious about what others make of it. |
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