{"id":3591,"date":"2010-05-05T14:40:10","date_gmt":"2010-05-05T22:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/?p=3591"},"modified":"2010-05-05T17:41:41","modified_gmt":"2010-05-06T01:41:41","slug":"an-aside-and-so-my-head-swelled-like-a-ripe-balloon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/news\/an-aside-and-so-my-head-swelled-like-a-ripe-balloon\/","title":{"rendered":"An Aside | And So My Head Swelled Like a Ripe Balloon"},"content":{"rendered":"\"\"<\/a>\n

Last night, I had the opportunity to attend a book signing with Guy Gavriel Kay, author of many novels (including the recently released Under Heaven<\/strong>, which I shall be reviewing soon). He’s one of my absolute writing idols, helping to craft and inspire my own works of fiction.<\/p>\n

The reading began like many, Guy Kay was introduced by the always charming Robert Wiersema<\/a> (reviewer for several well regarded Canadian publications<\/a> and accomplished writer himself) and proceeded to speak quite candidly about Under Heaven<\/strong> and how he came to find that story amongst China’s history. He speaks with a confident tongue, just like you’d expect, given the tonality and elegance of his work, and, during the reading of Under Heaven<\/strong>, brought his characters to life with a verve that my inner voice is unable to achieve.<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

The real highlight of my night, though, happened at the end of the long lineup of fans waiting with books in hand. As with most book signings, I waited until the end of the line, not liking to feel pressured for time while getting my chance to meet a favourite author. The last one left, I walked up to the table and Mr. Kay thanked me for my patience. I smiled, then wrote my name down on a little sticky note (no misspellings, right?) and handed it to him. He took it, looked down, read it, paused, then looked back at me.<\/p>\n

He said, “Well… I know who you are!”<\/p>\n

I probably looked like this guy:<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

Turns out Mr. Kay knows about and reads A Dribble of Ink<\/strong>. He had some very flattering things to say as he introduced me and my blog to Mr. Wiersema.<\/p>\n

Having gathered myself, we had a chance to talk about eBook readers (he took a gander at my new Kobo eReader), the filter writers put over the stories they’re telling and a few other things that were lost to memory thanks to the fanboy seizure I was having through the whole event. Certainly, it was a night to remember and reinforced my opinions of Kay as a person (he’s lovely) and a writer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last night, I had the opportunity to attend a book signing with Guy Gavriel Kay, author of many novels (including the recently released Under Heaven, which I shall be reviewing soon). He’s one of my absolute writing idols, helping to craft and inspire my own works of fiction. The reading began like many, Guy Kay… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n