I’ll be panelizing about books and blogging at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books April 29-30, alongside the eminent Ron Hogan and British author Andrew Keen whose book, The Cult of the Amateur, comes out here in June.
Author Tod Goldberg will be our overlord moderator, and I have to say Tod Goldberg is really the most amazing panel moderator ever. I mean literally, I have to say that, according to the 27-page overlord moderator pre-panel rules and guidelines he so kindly distributed.
I’ll be covering the festival for the LAist (again, many thanks are due) and very much look forward to this panel!
A couple sample questions:
“At what age is it weird that people call you by a nickname derived from your hair color?”
“So, let’s be honest, if you had to do it all over again, you probably wouldn’t call your blog Beatrice, would you?”
“Of all the people who’ve sent you hate mail, how many do you think actively intend to kill you?”
Amazing! Best moderator ever!
My sample answers:
– If my nickname were derived from my true hair color, it would be mousebrown.
– Beatrice: Cryptic. Easy to spell. Good blog name.
– I’m not dead yet!