| March 11th, 2007 |
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Tomorrow, as people watch, I'll be attempting to figure out how my being Chinese has effected/affected my writing. Teen has (repeatedly) warned me, "Some of my friends will be there, so you'd better not embarrass me."
Who me?
This Sunday, March 18th, I will be hobnobbing with CAROL BURNETT! and THE MAYOR OF LOS ANGELES! and LOTS OF OTHER CELEBS at the Fabulous EXPLORE-A-STORY Event in Hollywood. The Celebs might not realize I am hobnobbing with them, but I won't let that stop me.
(I love Carol Burnett!)
Also, I'll be on stage reading from the Millie Trilly at 2:30 p.m.
John Lithgow goes on before me and I'm the last author of the day. Sigh. What if no one shows up? I'm always scared no one's going to show up.
If a tree falls in the forest and no one hears it, does it make a noise? If an author reads from their book and no one hears them, do the words matter? (I was trying to think of something deep to write, but that's all I came up with.)
Hey! Here's something that may be fun. In honor of Explore-a-Story, I want to try a BLOG-A-STORY-A-THON. Oh wait! You know what, I think the Blog-a-Story deserves a separate blog all it's own, don't you?
It'll be over here . . . CLICK HERE FOR BLOG-A-STORY-A-THON.
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Okay, over at my other post-- I thought it would be fun to have a Blog-A-Story-A-Thon!!!!
The goal will be for all of us collectively to write a funny, witty, deep, dramatic, inspiring, illuminating, insightful, coherent (that'll be the hard part) story by the time we're done.
Are you game? Now's your chance to be read by MILLIONS! (Well, by some people, at least.)
THE RULES
1. The first line will mirror the first line in SO TOTALLY EMILY EBERS (that way I can see how the book would have gone with lots of input) -- "Today was the last day of school, and the second saddest day of my entire life."
(Above: Dan Santat, author/illustrator/guy-with-his-own-animated-series in a candid shot at Vroman's bookstore in Pasadena, CA where Lisa yelped when she saw SO TOTALLY EMILY EBERS on display.)
2. Anyone can contribute ONE SENTENCE (and only one sentence).
2a. Make sure you POST YOUR SENTENCE AS A COMMENT and not a reply to the previous post.
3. If can be rated G or PG or PG-13.
3. Every now and then, I may change the direction of the story. If that happens, you can contribute ANOTHER sentence (and only one sentence).
4. And because I always write the last lines of my books first, the last line of the Blog-a-Story-Thon will be this: "He turned out the light and went into the Peeps' room. He would be there all night, and he would so totally be there when the Peeps waked up in the morning."
Ready? Let's begin . . .
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