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Author
Warren Adler will be coming into
Second Life
starting tomorrow for a series of interactive events.
A collection of folks at
Amazon.com and
Cruxy are
working together to make this happen. The events
will take place at the News Center on Amazon
Developers 1, coordinates (118,179,23). Take a
direct teleport to that location.
Second Life is a 3-D virtual world where
Amazon.com hosts interactive events that connect
authors and readers.
Join the Second Life group named Warren Adler
Fans for reminders before each event.
The hour-long events will take place on
Thursdays at 3 p.m. EST/Noon PST, from February
21st to March 20th. Here’s an outline of what will
be discussed at each event:
Session One (February 21, 2008)
Where do story ideas come from?
Mr. Adler will discuss a number of short
stories that appear in
New York Echoes,
how they entered his mind and were fashioned
into stories. He will discuss three of his
stories: “Good Neighbors,” “The Mean Mrs.
Dickstein,” and “The Cherry Tree.”
Session Two (February 28, 2008)
Tragic events and how they resonate
Mr. Adler will discuss two of his short
stories from
New York Echoes
that deal with the aftermath of 9/11 and how
these tragic events linger in memory and trigger
ideas for stories. The two stories are “I Can
Still Smell It” and “That Horrid Thing.”
Sessions Three and Four (March 6 and 13,
2008)
Short Story Contest
Mr. Adler will discuss his
short story contest and why he decided to
start it. He will also announce the winners and
discuss each story and why he chose them. If
possible, contest entrants will convey their
story lines or read the stories.
Session Five (March 20, 2008)
How to put “life” into stories
Mr. Adler will talk about his novel
Funny Boys
and how it took shape. He will describe the era
that is described by the term “Borscht Belt”,
how it came about, what life was like then
(1937) and the brutal gangster era at the time
when Murder Inc., a group of Jewish and Italian
killers, was in its heyday.
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