All the planning, all the e-mails, and great communication, and would you believe, I did not know- we were going to a book festival, with real authors that would be speaking to us about their writing process, their life stories, and why they write?. (I just knew, we were going to Savannah, and missed a few notes along the way).
Day1- Lisa Genova- Still Alice- her talk about why she wrote the book was nothing less than inspiring. Her grandmother had the disease, and she could not fix that, but wondered, what would it be like to have it from the very first moment? Lisa , an accomplished PhD, she had access to the medical community, her ability to research that question, and then write it as a novel was quite unique and resonated so well with her readers. Her story about how she self published, and the author she met who introduced her to the publishing world, was also an amazing story.
We also listened to several other authors speak of their writing process, including Karl Marlantes for Matterhorn and Robert Goolrich speak about his life as an author including A Reliable Wife. The thing I enjoyed most about listening to these authors was their passion for the craft, the process, and their varying stories about how they achieved their big break with their book successes.
The setting of Savannah was fantastic, and being there with the book club ladies, a group I cherish and look forward to seeing each and every month. This weekend, along with our March selection, Unbroken, by Hillenbrand - inspired me to update our blog and keep it alive for us to continue to read and share with the world what wonderful books there are and how they are able to touch lives and make a difference.
Thank you book club ladies for a wonderful weekend!
