Ok guys, I've got a question for you: What do you say to or ask authors when you meet them at readings and book signings? I'm always so star struck and all that comes out is a mumbled 'Nice to meet you'. 🙈 I'm going to be meeting quite a few of my literary heroes on the weekend, so I need a bit of 'inspiration' if you know what I mean. 😂😊 #bookwormproblems #starstruck #zadiejoeandcolson #yikes
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I met Greg Iles and couldn't think of a single thing!!! 🤣😳😩 7y
Heideschrampf Hahaha YES! I've made a fool of myself so many times, by now i almost (almost) don't care anymore. I guess there's no compliment they haven't gotten yet, so i often end up saying nothing, except: hi, nice go meet you, could you please make it out to nina? Thank you so much, have a nice day!' 7y
aizekj If it makes you feel any better, I went to multi author signing and got so nervous that I mixed up the plots of the two books I was getting signed in my head. I gushed about a book to an author for like 5 min and when I looked at her confused face I realized she had no idea what I was talking about. So then I said something horrible like "Oh no! Uh, your book is the one set in TX, right?That was really good too." Totally embarrassing. 7y
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CouronneDhiver I'd probably be a big awkward mess. 🤓 7y
Sarah83 Maybe you can ask them, how they like the festival and which was their favourite 'author-reader-meeting'? 🤔 7y
bio_chem06 I have used my standard, "this passage made me feel... How was it for you when writing?" Or I am about their stances on diverse books and how they are helping diversify. 7y
julesG Haven't met any authors yet, except the people I already knew long before they published. I'd go with @Sarah83's idea if anything came out of me. I'm much better at talking to authors via email. 7y
riversong153 Literally no advice. I met my favorite author and was a babbling idiot. 🤦🏾♀️ 7y
AmyG I am in the babbling fool dept. I usually turn red and thank them for writing. Then I feel mortified for the rest of the day. ;) (edited) 7y
LeeRHarry Myself and a couple of friends went to get our books signed by Roxane Gay and two of us - including myself here- were dumbstruck, my other friend asked how she was enjoying her time in Australia and we had a nice chat after that so maybe something like that's a good opener? (edited) 7y
xicanti If I've already read their book(s), I try to keep it to something like, "I loved this; thank you for writing it." If not, I try to veer towards, "I'm looking forward to this." TRY being the operative word here, because a) I'm sometimes bad at verbal stuff and b) I have an unusual name (Memory) and a LOT of authors comment on it at signings. Like, Ellen Datlow made a (nice) joke about it and I didn't get it because OMG ELLEN DATLOW. 7y
Bradleygirl I absolutely tripped over my tongue getting my books signed by A.S. Byatt. Sigh. She was super nice though! 7y
Bookishlie Made a totally noob out of myself when I met Mercedes Lackey complete with tears and sqees. 😐 7y
scripturient @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Heideschrampf @Sarah83 @bio_chem06 @julesG @riversong153 @AmyG @LeeRHarry @xicanti @Bradleygirl @CouronneDhiver @Rochelleus Thank you so much! I'm glad I'm not alone. Will try to come up with something nice and not too embarrassing. 😊 @aizekj OMG, that is hilarious. This could easily have been a scene in a Bridget Jones movie. 😂❤️ 7y
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