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Oct. 4th, 2005 10:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
oakenguyPicture Post 1: Celebrity Encounters
Terry Pratchett came to town! Happy, whimsical, bemused by the bossy bookstore representative who botched the pronunciation of certain names during her intro--everything you could hope for in your favorite author, really, except for the lack of him saying "Would you mind terribly if I based a character on you?" He began by talking about his misadventures with various Discworld products, ("When the tip of your lightsaber falls off, do you write to George Lucas and complain? No, and if you did he wouldn't give a rat's ass! So why do I get all the e-mails??"), including making authentic Ankh-Morpork stamps and participating in a live action game of Thud! (which hopefully means that somewhere on the internet exists a picture of him in a troll costume).
He then went on to talk more generally about his writing style, which has evolved over time into "get the characters together and write down what happens". This has led to his developing a certain "que sera, sera" approach towards his writing projects: for example, he has two more Tiffany Aching books planned. He knows the title of the second one, and that's it--he can't wait to find out what it's about.
A week or so later and a few blocks away, I came across a Bono look-alike, signing autographs and looking pretty pleased with his lot in life as he hung out in his limo:
A day in a limo and a crowd of adoring (if somewhat confused) people, just because you have a certain bone structure. Que sera, sera indeed.
Terry Pratchett came to town! Happy, whimsical, bemused by the bossy bookstore representative who botched the pronunciation of certain names during her intro--everything you could hope for in your favorite author, really, except for the lack of him saying "Would you mind terribly if I based a character on you?" He began by talking about his misadventures with various Discworld products, ("When the tip of your lightsaber falls off, do you write to George Lucas and complain? No, and if you did he wouldn't give a rat's ass! So why do I get all the e-mails??"), including making authentic Ankh-Morpork stamps and participating in a live action game of Thud! (which hopefully means that somewhere on the internet exists a picture of him in a troll costume).
He then went on to talk more generally about his writing style, which has evolved over time into "get the characters together and write down what happens". This has led to his developing a certain "que sera, sera" approach towards his writing projects: for example, he has two more Tiffany Aching books planned. He knows the title of the second one, and that's it--he can't wait to find out what it's about.
A week or so later and a few blocks away, I came across a Bono look-alike, signing autographs and looking pretty pleased with his lot in life as he hung out in his limo:
A day in a limo and a crowd of adoring (if somewhat confused) people, just because you have a certain bone structure. Que sera, sera indeed.
