tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post4990958564350300809..comments2024-02-20T07:57:47.756-08:00Comments on Carol Hedges: 5 More Top Tips on Book TalksCarol Hedgeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10359578624109905400noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-29628594613781467512016-04-11T08:47:56.475-07:002016-04-11T08:47:56.475-07:00More tips - fantastic!More tips - fantastic!Wendy's Writinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06960941625432714363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-49498536017372385982016-04-10T02:53:16.222-07:002016-04-10T02:53:16.222-07:00Great tips, Carol, especially the one about having...Great tips, Carol, especially the one about having a display of objects and books that inspire you! I wish I had thought of that last year when I gave my first, and last, library talk. As for dressing up in steam punk, or outfit related to your writing, that is a really good idea. I was dressed in navy blue, red and white - French colours, of course, but it was purely by chance! It was a very stressful experience, and there were only four people in attendance - including one man who said he had only come for the chocolate biscuits!Marie Lavalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09040316890635374526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-55857058623133033562016-04-09T10:42:22.889-07:002016-04-09T10:42:22.889-07:00Great - thanks for this - Im about to start writin...Great - thanks for this - Im about to start writing a speech in readiness. - I've already written down Why I write - <br /><br />https://tomhocknell.wordpress.com/2015/08/17/why-do-i-write/ <br /><br />so might just ask them to read that before they come, to cut my speech down. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-51245671494867371202016-04-09T05:38:14.166-07:002016-04-09T05:38:14.166-07:00aww..thanks Shelley .. Yoda not I thinkaww..thanks Shelley .. Yoda not I thinkCarol Hedgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10359578624109905400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-66541905120523481262016-04-09T05:37:31.159-07:002016-04-09T05:37:31.159-07:00Good point!!!Good point!!!Carol Hedgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10359578624109905400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-13989926902939832392016-04-09T04:08:15.939-07:002016-04-09T04:08:15.939-07:00Very nice, thank you Ma'amVery nice, thank you Ma'amAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07086107947384034892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-33631586367202472462016-04-09T02:51:28.011-07:002016-04-09T02:51:28.011-07:00Excellent, CarolStar! Really useful stuff! I wonde...Excellent, CarolStar! Really useful stuff! I wonder what I could take with me...a lifebelt? an anchor? A bilge pump :) Vallypeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08309284606572565277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-57879699651875545302016-04-09T02:29:30.566-07:002016-04-09T02:29:30.566-07:00Fabulous post, Carol. I'm going to save them a...Fabulous post, Carol. I'm going to save them all so I can refer back as and when I need them - you're like my very own Yoda! xShelley Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07513209160436996810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-90659637671670181722016-04-09T02:14:48.441-07:002016-04-09T02:14:48.441-07:00I agree with all this - if I'm given the optio...I agree with all this - if I'm given the option, I'll go for an interview rather than giving a talk. I find it easier to respond to someone else than to stand up and just talk about the books etc. (And this is the opposite of when I spoke professionally - I spoke from notes, and not a fully prepared speech, as I prefer the informality, but there was stuff I really wanted people to hear and could repeat if necessary in a lecture.)JOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03127111575563904349noreply@blogger.com