Rushing to the door...
I was at a conference today, running workshops and promoting Asboville. Yep, still promoting it!
There were two guest speakers at the event, both writers of different sorts, both fascinating to listen to and both 'over there somewhere' in a different world that mere mortals cannot enter. Within a minute (quite literally a minute) of the second speaker finishing, the two of them were out of the place, to the taxi that was waiting to rush them to the station. No chance to say "hello", no chance to see if they were really human after all.
It got me thinking as I drove home, because the same thing happened with another writer last year, that whenever this happens it only adds further weight to the arguments of those who wish to write and see the publishing world as a closed shop. These people get paid to speak, for sure and of course they have places to get to and things to do, but is a little time too much to ask for, to sign the book for the person who just wants to say "hello", to answer a question from the shy person in the audience who doesn't like to ask in front of others, to speak to the would be writer who's looking for a little bit of advice or dare I say it, encouragement?
Your experiences please...
There were two guest speakers at the event, both writers of different sorts, both fascinating to listen to and both 'over there somewhere' in a different world that mere mortals cannot enter. Within a minute (quite literally a minute) of the second speaker finishing, the two of them were out of the place, to the taxi that was waiting to rush them to the station. No chance to say "hello", no chance to see if they were really human after all.
It got me thinking as I drove home, because the same thing happened with another writer last year, that whenever this happens it only adds further weight to the arguments of those who wish to write and see the publishing world as a closed shop. These people get paid to speak, for sure and of course they have places to get to and things to do, but is a little time too much to ask for, to sign the book for the person who just wants to say "hello", to answer a question from the shy person in the audience who doesn't like to ask in front of others, to speak to the would be writer who's looking for a little bit of advice or dare I say it, encouragement?
Your experiences please...
posted by Danny Rhodes at 8:02 PM
2 Comments:
I've seen this happen lots of times. Sometimes it can be shyness though, rather than arrogance tho it always comes across as such, but I still can't understand it. Much better to be really part of something and hear what else is going on, imo. That's what being a writer is all about. Good blog, by the way.
Perhaps you're right. How did you get involved with the Arvon Foundation by the way. It's something that interests me...
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