WEBVTT 00:04.833 --> 00:10.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:5% ♪ 00:05.000 --> 00:12.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:5% ♪ 00:10.400 --> 00:14.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% >> Renee: THE 40TH ANNUAL 00:12.033 --> 00:15.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% KENTUCKY BOOK FESTIVAL RETURNS 00:14.033 --> 00:16.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% TO LEXINGTON THIS NOVEMBER WITH 00:15.466 --> 00:19.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% EVENTS SCHEDULED THE FIRST WEEK 00:16.933 --> 00:20.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% AND A SATURDAY EVENT THAT 00:19.400 --> 00:22.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% FEATURES 140 AUTHORS. 00:20.666 --> 00:24.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% WE HAVE GOT THREE OF THEM HERE 00:22.233 --> 00:26.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:20% WITH US. 00:24.633 --> 00:28.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% SILAS HOUSE, GWENDA BOND, JULIAN 00:26.866 --> 00:30.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:17.5% THOMAS. 00:28.633 --> 00:30.733 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:70% THAT'S NOW ON "CONNECTIONS"! 00:40.366 --> 00:41.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR 00:40.900 --> 00:42.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50% "CONNECTIONS" TODAY. 00:41.833 --> 00:44.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:37.5% I'M RENEE SHAW. 00:42.666 --> 00:45.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% THE KENTUCKY BOOK FESTIVAL IS A 00:44.200 --> 00:47.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% PROGRAM OF THE KENTUCKY 00:45.600 --> 00:48.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% HUMANITIES THAT CELEBRATES 00:47.800 --> 00:50.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% LITERARY LUMINARYS AND THEIR 00:48.700 --> 00:53.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% WORK AND BRINGS IN TOP-TIER 00:50.966 --> 00:53.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% WRITERS FROM ACROSS THE NATION 00:53.066 --> 00:55.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% TO SECT REARS AND PROVIDE NEW 00:53.833 --> 00:55.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN ABOUT 00:55.166 --> 00:58.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:20% WRITING. 00:55.700 --> 00:59.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% IT IS THE FIRST AND LARGEST BOOK 00:58.233 --> 01:02.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% FESTIVAL THAT THIS YEAR, WILL 00:59.733 --> 01:03.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% FEATURE A MIX OF VIRTUAL AND 01:02.000 --> 01:05.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% IN-PERSON EVENTS OVER THE COURSE 01:03.166 --> 01:05.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% OF THE WEEK BEGINNING NOVEMBER 01:05.066 --> 01:07.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:5% 1. 01:05.300 --> 01:09.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% AND WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE WITH US, 01:07.500 --> 01:11.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% THREE KENTUCKY LITERARY GIANT, 01:09.800 --> 01:13.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% SILAS HOUSE, NATIONAL BEST 01:11.366 --> 01:15.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% SELLING AUTHOR WITH SIX BOOKS. 01:13.633 --> 01:16.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% FORMER COMMENTATOR FOR NPR ALL 01:15.400 --> 01:18.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% THINGS CONSIDERED AND MEMBER OF 01:16.733 --> 01:20.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% THE FICTION FACULTY AT THE 01:18.566 --> 01:21.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% SPAULDING SCHOOL OF CREATIVE 01:20.866 --> 01:22.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:20% WRITING. 01:21.200 --> 01:24.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% GWENDA BOND, SHE WORKED FOR 01:22.466 --> 01:26.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% STATE GOVERNMENT FOR 17 YEARS. 01:24.700 --> 01:27.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% BY DAY, BUT BY NIGHT, SHE 01:26.300 --> 01:29.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% DREAMED OF BECOMING A WRITER AND 01:27.500 --> 01:34.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% AN AUTHOR AND TODAY, GWENDA BOND 01:29.366 --> 01:36.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% IS A BEST-SELLING AUTHOR FROM 01:34.000 --> 01:37.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% ROM-COM TO YOUNG ADULT FICTION 01:36.266 --> 01:38.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% TO THE FIRST OFFICIAL STRANGER 01:37.666 --> 01:39.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:32.5% THINGS NOVEL. 01:38.333 --> 01:41.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% SHE WRITES WITH STRONG FEMALE 01:39.766 --> 01:43.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% CHARACTERS AND ONE IS HERSELF. 01:41.233 --> 01:45.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% AND JOINING US BY SKYPE IS 01:43.833 --> 01:48.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% JULIAN THOMAS, AN AUTHOR WHOSE 01:45.666 --> 01:49.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% SPECIALTY IS GRAPHIC NOVELS AND 01:48.166 --> 01:50.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% RECENTLY CREATED HIS OWN 01:49.300 --> 01:52.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% PUBLISHING HOUSE THIS TEACHER 01:50.500 --> 01:53.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% AUTHOR AND CREATIVE DIRECTOR 01:52.033 --> 01:54.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% FROM LEXINGTON GOT HIS START 01:53.033 --> 01:56.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% PRINTING AND PASSING OUT PACKETS 01:54.666 --> 01:58.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% OF POEMS HE AUTHORED TO HIS 01:56.466 --> 02:00.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% FELLOW MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS. 01:58.266 --> 02:02.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% THE FORMER RAPPER GAVE UP THAT 02:00.500 --> 02:05.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% PURSUIT A FEW YEAR AGO TO CREATE 02:02.666 --> 02:06.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% A GRAPHIC NOVEL AND WE'RE SO 02:05.100 --> 02:07.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% GLAD TO HAVE ALL OF YOU WITH US. 02:06.533 --> 02:08.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% SOME OF NEW PERSON AND EVEN 02:07.966 --> 02:09.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:15% SKYPE. 02:08.266 --> 02:11.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% WE USE THE TECHNOLOGY. 02:09.800 --> 02:12.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% SO, SILAS, I WANT TO START WITH 02:11.233 --> 02:12.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% YOU TALKING ABOUT THE BOOK 02:12.600 --> 02:15.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:22.5% FESTIVAL. 02:12.966 --> 02:17.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% WHY IS THIS SO SIGNIFICANT, CAN 02:15.166 --> 02:19.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% IN THE WAY IT BRINGS ALL -- 02:17.000 --> 02:20.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% TOGETHER ALL OF THESE GREAT 02:19.166 --> 02:22.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:40% LITERARY GIANTS? 02:20.633 --> 02:23.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% >> WELL, I THINK THAT WE'RE 02:22.033 --> 02:25.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% REALLY LUCKY IN KENTUCKY TO HAVE 02:23.733 --> 02:28.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% SUCH A GREAT COMMUNITY. 02:25.300 --> 02:30.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% NOT ALL PLACES HAVE THAT. 02:28.166 --> 02:33.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% WE REALLY ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER. 02:30.766 --> 02:35.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% IT IS SUCH A GENEROUS COMMUNITY. 02:33.300 --> 02:35.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% WE REALLY LIKE EACH OTHER, YOU 02:35.600 --> 02:38.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:12.5% KNOW. 02:35.900 --> 02:40.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% AND SO IT IS SORT OF LIKE A 02:38.033 --> 02:42.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% FAMILY REUNION EVERY TO SEE EACH 02:40.500 --> 02:45.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% OTHER AT THE BOOK FESTIVAL. 02:42.133 --> 02:47.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% AND ALSO, I HAVE BEEN DOING IT 02:45.866 --> 02:50.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS AND THEY ARE 02:47.866 --> 02:51.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% STILL NOT ONLY THE WRITERS BUT 02:50.566 --> 02:52.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% THE PEOPLE -- THE READERS WHO 02:51.366 --> 02:54.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% HAVE COME, THEY HAVE BEEN COMING 02:52.766 --> 02:56.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND SO YOU 02:54.500 --> 02:59.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% KNOW, YOU GET TO KNOW THEM TOO. 02:56.266 --> 03:00.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% SO I JUST LOVE THAT REUNION FEEL 02:59.600 --> 03:02.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:15% TO IT. 03:00.266 --> 03:05.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% IT FEELS REALLY DOWN HOME. 03:02.933 --> 03:07.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% IT FEELS VERY KENTUCKY. 03:05.733 --> 03:09.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% AND YOU KNOW, THERE WAS NOTHING 03:07.700 --> 03:10.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% BETTER TO ME THAN BEING IN A 03:09.100 --> 03:10.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE WHO LOVE 03:10.300 --> 03:11.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:15% BOOKS. 03:10.600 --> 03:12.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:40% >> THAT'S RIGHT. 03:11.100 --> 03:15.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% >> AND FOR THE READERS TO BE 03:12.566 --> 03:16.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% ABLE TO MEET FOLKS LIKE YOU AND 03:15.633 --> 03:17.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:45% GWENDA AND JULIAN. 03:16.566 --> 03:18.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% PEOPLE THEY READ AND LEARN FROM 03:17.466 --> 03:20.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:40% AND INSPIRED BY. 03:18.800 --> 03:21.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% YOU KNOW, THAT'S A BIG TREAT FOR 03:20.433 --> 03:25.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:32.5% THEM AS WELL. 03:21.133 --> 03:27.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% >> WELL, ESPECIALLY AFTER WHAT, 03:25.366 --> 03:29.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% TWO YEARS, OF NOT REALLY BEING 03:27.766 --> 03:33.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% ABLE TO SEE EACH OTHER, READERS 03:29.766 --> 03:36.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% AND WRITERS, AND I MEAN, MOST 03:33.266 --> 03:37.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% WRITERS I KNOW ARE PRETTY INTRO 03:36.466 --> 03:38.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% VERTED EXCEPT WHEN IT COMES TO 03:37.800 --> 03:41.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:30% OUR READERS. 03:38.666 --> 03:42.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% I THINK MOST OF US REALLY WANT 03:41.533 --> 03:45.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:30% TO SEE THEM. 03:42.566 --> 03:46.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% AND SO I LOVE THAT ASPECT OF IT. 03:45.466 --> 03:48.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% >> GWENDA, FOR YOU, I MENTIONED 03:46.666 --> 03:49.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% THAT YOU HAD A LONG CAREER IN 03:48.266 --> 03:51.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% STATE GOVERNMENT AND TO MAKE 03:49.633 --> 03:53.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% THIS LEAP AND TO THE LITERARY 03:51.400 --> 03:55.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% WORLD, BUT YOU SEEM OF BE DOING 03:53.200 --> 03:55.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% REALLY WELL, LITERALLY REALLY 03:55.033 --> 03:56.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:12.5% WELL. 03:55.533 --> 03:57.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:30% [ LAUGHTER ] 03:56.033 --> 04:00.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% >> I GET TO DO MY DREAM JOB. 03:57.600 --> 04:02.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% AND I LIKED MY JOB BEFORE. 04:00.166 --> 04:03.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% SO I REALLY HAVE NO COMPLAINTS. 04:02.666 --> 04:04.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% >> YOU WERE A COMMUNICATIONS 04:03.900 --> 04:06.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% SPECIALIST SO THIS WAS KIND OF 04:04.866 --> 04:06.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:22.5% YOUR JAM. 04:06.100 --> 04:08.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:25% YOU RIGHT? 04:06.866 --> 04:09.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% I MEAN, YOU COULD PAR LAY, EVEN 04:08.600 --> 04:12.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% THOUGH YOU CAN'T DO FANTASY WHEN 04:09.833 --> 04:13.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% IT IS WORKING STATE GOVERNMENT 04:12.000 --> 04:14.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% AND COMMUNICATING FACTS. 04:13.033 --> 04:15.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% >> SOME PEOPLE WOULD SAY THAT. 04:14.666 --> 04:18.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:30% [ LAUGHTER ] 04:15.166 --> 04:19.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% >> SO HOW LIKE FREE DO YOU FEEL 04:18.100 --> 04:21.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% NOW, AND DOES THAT REALLY -- DO 04:19.900 --> 04:21.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% YOU CHANNEL THAT INTO YOUR 04:21.066 --> 04:24.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:20% WRITING? 04:21.400 --> 04:26.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:45% >> OH, ABSOLUTELY. 04:24.900 --> 04:27.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% AND I DO HAVE THE BLUE HAIR NOW 04:26.133 --> 04:28.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% WHICH I SAY THIS REMINDS ME 04:27.600 --> 04:31.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% EVERY MORNING WHEN I GET UP THAT 04:28.933 --> 04:31.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% I GET TO DO WRITING FOR A LIVING 04:31.233 --> 04:33.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:10% NOW. 04:31.533 --> 04:36.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% DON'T HAVE TO HAVE LIKE, SERIOUS 04:33.800 --> 04:38.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% STATE GOVERNMENT HAIR. 04:36.800 --> 04:40.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% AND, I DO FEEL VERY FREE. 04:38.533 --> 04:41.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% AND AS SILAS SAYS, WE HAVE THIS 04:40.166 --> 04:42.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% GREAT COMMUNITY HERE AND I'VE 04:41.566 --> 04:44.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% BEEN FREED UP TO HELP TO TRY TO 04:42.866 --> 04:45.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% BUILD ON THAT LITERARY COMMUNITY 04:44.133 --> 04:47.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S 04:45.666 --> 04:49.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME. 04:47.100 --> 04:49.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% SO, I WANT US ALL TO BE 04:49.066 --> 04:49.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:27.5% SUCCESSFUL. 04:49.466 --> 04:51.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:20% >> YEAH. 04:49.800 --> 04:52.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% >> KENTUCKY IS WHERE IT IS AT. 04:51.600 --> 04:53.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% >> ABSOLUTELY, NO DOUBT ABOUT 04:52.900 --> 04:56.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:7.5% IT. 04:53.166 --> 04:58.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% >> AND YOU TWO OFFER -- DO YOU 04:56.533 --> 04:59.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% ALL TALK ABOUT LIKE, YOUR 04:58.766 --> 05:00.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% PERSPECTIVES AND HOW YOU 04:59.466 --> 05:02.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% APPROACH AND TRY TO PRESENT 05:00.966 --> 05:04.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% SERVE CULTURE, AND, YOU KNOW, 05:02.666 --> 05:06.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% ALL OF THAT KIND OF THING? 05:04.200 --> 05:07.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% >> WE'RE FROM NEIGHBORING 05:06.866 --> 05:08.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:22.5% COUNTIES. 05:07.233 --> 05:09.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% >> AND COULDN'T WRITE MORE 05:08.633 --> 05:10.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% DIFFERENT THINGS I THINK. 05:09.766 --> 05:13.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% >> THAT'S RIGHT, YEAH. 05:10.933 --> 05:13.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% >> WHICH IS WHAT IS COOL ABOUT 05:13.166 --> 05:15.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:7.5% IT. 05:13.433 --> 05:16.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% APPALACHIAN STORY TELLERS CAN 05:15.000 --> 05:16.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% TELL WHATEVER KIND OF STORIES 05:16.300 --> 05:17.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:25% THEY WANT. 05:16.733 --> 05:20.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% >> WITHOUT THE JUDGMENT, AND I 05:17.866 --> 05:21.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% LOVE WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT, YOU 05:20.666 --> 05:22.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50% KNOW, COLLABORATION. 05:21.233 --> 05:23.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% LIKE, SOMETIMES YOU THINK PEOPLE 05:22.000 --> 05:27.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% WOULD BE COMPETITIVE, BUT, YOU 05:23.966 --> 05:28.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% REALLY LOOK AT THEM AS JUST LIKE 05:27.466 --> 05:28.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% YOUR KINDRED SPIRITS. 05:28.266 --> 05:30.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:35% >> ABSOLUTELY. 05:28.700 --> 05:32.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% THERE IS ONLY -- YOUR CAREER IS 05:30.466 --> 05:32.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% THE ONLY CAREER THAT YOU GET TO 05:32.300 --> 05:33.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:12.5% HAVE. 05:32.600 --> 05:34.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% YOU DON'T GET TO HAVE SOMEONE 05:33.733 --> 05:36.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% ELSE'S CAREER SO BEING 05:34.933 --> 05:37.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% COMPETITIVE WITH OTHER WRITERS 05:36.233 --> 05:38.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% IS REALLY DOESN'T MAKE ANY 05:37.200 --> 05:44.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:15% SENSE. 05:38.933 --> 05:45.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% >> YEA JULIAN THOMAS I WANT TO G 05:44.466 --> 05:46.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:17.5% YOU IN. 05:45.533 --> 05:47.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% YOU HAVE THIS NOVEL CALLED 05:46.766 --> 05:49.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:35% "BLACK HEART." 05:47.766 --> 05:50.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% AND IT IS LIKE, BAM, IN YOUR 05:49.266 --> 05:52.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:12.5% FACE! 05:50.900 --> 05:54.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% I MEAN, IT IS SO COLORFUL AND SO 05:52.666 --> 05:55.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% VIVID AND I'M JUST CURIOUS 05:54.433 --> 05:57.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% ABOUT, I KNOW YOU USED TO BE 05:55.833 --> 05:59.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% INTO, ALL CALL AT THIS TIME 05:57.033 --> 06:01.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% PERFORMING ARTS OF RAPPING AND 05:59.433 --> 06:02.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% THAT'S A LOT OF CREATIVITY THERE 06:01.733 --> 06:03.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:10% TOO. 06:02.133 --> 06:04.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% BUT, THIS IS WHAT YOU TRADED IT 06:03.600 --> 06:05.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:15% IN ON. 06:04.066 --> 06:08.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% TELL US ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHY 06:05.533 --> 06:10.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% THIS WAS YOUR NEXT STEP, AND, 06:08.633 --> 06:11.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% THE VALUE YOU SEE IN GRAPHIC 06:10.266 --> 06:12.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% NOVELS AND HOW IT REACHES 06:11.700 --> 06:15.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:42.5% ANOTHER AUDIENCE? 06:12.466 --> 06:16.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% >> WELL, I HAVE A LONG HISTORY 06:15.233 --> 06:17.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% IN WRITING IN GENERAL. 06:16.266 --> 06:19.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% BUT BEFORE I START DOING THIS, 06:17.833 --> 06:22.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% WE WERE TALKING ABOUT RAP MUSIC. 06:19.933 --> 06:24.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% AND, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS MORE 06:22.933 --> 06:24.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% LIKE RHYTHMIC, IT IS STILL -- IT 06:24.200 --> 06:27.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:42.5% IS STILL WRITING. 06:24.966 --> 06:30.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% SO AND BEFORE I DID THAT, I 06:27.666 --> 06:32.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% WROTE SPECULATIVE FICTION AND 06:30.200 --> 06:33.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% SHORT STORIES AND THINGS OF THAT 06:32.766 --> 06:35.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% NATURE SO I WAS TRAVELING THE 06:33.533 --> 06:36.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% COUNTRY AND SEEING THE IMPACT 06:35.566 --> 06:38.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% FIRSTHAND THAT WORDS CAN HAVE ON 06:36.733 --> 06:41.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% PEOPLE ON MY KIND OF REACHED THE 06:38.700 --> 06:42.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% GLASS CEILING WHERE FELT THE 06:41.766 --> 06:44.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% MESSAGE THAT I WANT TO LEAVE, 06:42.766 --> 06:45.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% ONCE I LEFT THIS WORLD, I DID 06:44.700 --> 06:47.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% NOT KNOW IF RAP MUSIC 06:45.933 --> 06:47.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% NECESSARILY WAS THE PROPER 06:47.100 --> 06:49.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% VESSEL FOR THAT MESSAGE. 06:47.833 --> 06:51.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% AND THAT'S NOT AN INDICTMENT OF 06:49.900 --> 06:54.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:42.5% RAP MUSIC AT ALL. 06:51.000 --> 06:58.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% IT IS WHERE I WAS WITH THE ART 06:54.900 --> 06:59.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:12.5% FORM. 06:58.166 --> 07:02.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% AND, SOMETHING I HAVE NOTICED IS 06:59.900 --> 07:05.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% THERE IS THIS LARGE INTERSECTION 07:02.733 --> 07:05.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% BETWEEN SEVERAL BLACK POP 07:05.033 --> 07:07.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% INCLUDE COLOURS AND THIS GEEK 07:05.966 --> 07:09.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% CULTURE THAT'S OVERLOOKED. 07:07.400 --> 07:11.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% SO NOT ONLY DESTROY AN 07:09.333 --> 07:14.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% INCLINATION TOWARD GRAPHIC 07:11.333 --> 07:15.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% NOVELS AND AMIMAE AND MANGA, I 07:14.266 --> 07:16.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% ALSO HAVE A BACKGROUND ON THE 07:15.500 --> 07:19.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% OTHER SIDE OF THINGS. 07:16.066 --> 07:20.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% SO I REALLY WANTED TO SHOW THAT 07:19.633 --> 07:21.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% INTERSECTION AND DRAW ATTENTION 07:20.900 --> 07:23.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE 07:21.700 --> 07:26.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% OUT THERE LIKE ME WHO GREW UP 07:23.800 --> 07:27.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% LISTENING TO RAP MUSIC, AND, 07:26.333 --> 07:29.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% DRESSING IN A PARTICULAR WAY, 07:27.833 --> 07:30.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% STRAIGHT WEAR, THIS FASHION AND 07:29.300 --> 07:32.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:47.5% THAT TYPE OF STUFF. 07:30.300 --> 07:35.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% BUT WE DON'T OFTEN GET 07:32.433 --> 07:35.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% OPPORTUNITIES TO EMBRACE OUR 07:35.466 --> 07:37.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:25% BLACKNESS. 07:35.833 --> 07:39.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% AT THE SAME TIME THAT WE'RE 07:37.933 --> 07:41.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% EMBRACING OUR GEEKNESS. 07:39.100 --> 07:42.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% SO SINCE I HAVE THE ABILITY TO 07:41.033 --> 07:44.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% WRITE LUCKILY, I DECIDED THAT I 07:42.766 --> 07:44.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:47.5% WOULD TRY TO BRING? 07:44.066 --> 07:47.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:40% ATTENTION THERE. 07:44.566 --> 07:49.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% >> YEAH, AND, YOU ALSO TEACH A 07:47.533 --> 07:49.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% COMIC BOOK CREATION WORKSHOP, 07:49.100 --> 07:49.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:15% RIGHT? 07:49.466 --> 07:51.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:20% >> I DO. 07:49.966 --> 07:53.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:12.5% I DO. 07:51.933 --> 07:55.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% SO, I TEACH AT A WORKSHOP WITH A 07:53.933 --> 07:58.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION CALLED 07:55.333 --> 07:59.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% AMP, AND THE BEP WITH J CPS AT 07:58.833 --> 08:01.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50% EASTERN HIGH SCHOOL. 07:59.666 --> 08:02.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% AND WITH SOUTHERN HIGH SCHOOL 08:01.433 --> 08:06.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% STUDENTS OF LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY. 08:02.400 --> 08:08.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% WHOLE THING IS ABOUT TEACHING TO 08:06.000 --> 08:08.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% WORLD BUILD AND OUTLINE A PLOT, 08:08.033 --> 08:09.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT. 08:08.833 --> 08:11.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% REALLY PROVIDING STUDENTS WITH 08:09.833 --> 08:12.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% THE RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO MAKE 08:11.800 --> 08:13.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% REACTIONS OF OUR OTHER THAN. 08:12.466 --> 08:14.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% >> WHAT DO YOU SEE THE THEMES 08:13.866 --> 08:17.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% THAT THEY ARE REALLY LASHING ON 08:14.933 --> 08:18.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% TO THAT THEY WANT EXPLORE 08:17.433 --> 08:21.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% THROUGH THIS TYPE OF MEDIUM? 08:18.700 --> 08:23.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% >> I THINK THAT, WHAT THE 08:21.600 --> 08:25.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% STUDENTS REACT THE BEST TO IS, 08:23.300 --> 08:27.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% BEING IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE 08:25.266 --> 08:28.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% THE THINGS THOUGH MAY HAVE 08:27.133 --> 08:30.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% PREVIOUSLY CONSIDERED HOBBIES OR 08:28.500 --> 08:33.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% PAST TIMES ARE BEING TREATED AS 08:30.966 --> 08:35.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% LEGITIMATE AVENUES TO SUCCESS. 08:33.066 --> 08:37.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% A LOT OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, OF 08:35.100 --> 08:42.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% ALL AGES, REALLY REALLY LOVE 08:37.233 --> 08:43.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% THESE MEDIUMS WITH AMIMAE, MANGA 08:42.800 --> 08:45.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% BUT PEOPLE DON'T FEEL IT IS 08:43.700 --> 08:47.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY 08:45.166 --> 08:48.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% GAIN A LEVEL OF STABLE TOY OR 08:47.300 --> 08:49.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% PROVIDE FOR YOUR FAMILY WITH. 08:48.600 --> 08:51.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% SO, TALK TO THESE STUDENTS AND 08:49.666 --> 08:52.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% TELL THEM ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE, 08:51.400 --> 08:53.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% AND SOME OF MY BOOKS AND 08:52.500 --> 08:54.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% TRAVELING THE COUNTRY AND 08:53.733 --> 08:56.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% AWESOME OPPORTUNITIES THAT I 08:54.466 --> 08:58.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% HAVE GOTTEN, MAKES THE KIDS BE 08:56.566 --> 08:58.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% LIKE, WHOA, I CAN ACTUALLY DO 08:58.300 --> 09:00.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:12.5% THIS? 08:58.633 --> 09:01.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT DRAWS 09:00.866 --> 09:02.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:20% THEM IN. 09:01.200 --> 09:04.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% >> SILAS HOUSE WHAT KIND OF 09:02.366 --> 09:04.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO JULIAN 09:04.466 --> 09:07.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:17.5% THOMAS? 09:04.800 --> 09:15.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:20% >> LORD. 09:07.300 --> 09:16.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:30% [ LAUGHTER ] 09:15.033 --> 09:17.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% MY BEST ADVICE IS HE'S FAR AHEAD 09:16.666 --> 09:21.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% OF THE ADVICE THAT I COULD GIVE 09:17.866 --> 09:23.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% WHICH IS JUST TO TELL GOOD 09:21.700 --> 09:24.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% STORIES AND CREATE CHARACTERS. 09:23.266 --> 09:25.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% THINK THE CHARACTER IS THE 09:24.933 --> 09:30.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:15% THING. 09:25.233 --> 09:32.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% SO, IT MAKES ME REALLY WANT TO 09:30.966 --> 09:33.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% READ HIS BOOK BECAUSE IT SEEMS 09:32.466 --> 09:34.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% THAT IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF IT. 09:33.300 --> 09:38.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% >> I WANTED TO ASK YOU THAT 09:34.566 --> 09:39.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% BECAUSE I KNOW THAT PEOPLE ASK 09:38.866 --> 09:41.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% YOU, PROBABLY ALL THE TIME. 09:39.533 --> 09:42.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% HOW DO THEY CHANNEL YOU, NOT 09:41.800 --> 09:43.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:12.5% THAT. 09:42.100 --> 09:44.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% BUT HOW DO THEY GET TO THE 09:43.166 --> 09:49.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% ESSENCE OF WHAT IT IS THAT THEY 09:44.066 --> 09:52.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% WANT TO SAY, AND TELL OR REVEAL? 09:49.266 --> 09:54.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% >> WHAT I TELL EVERYBODY IS TO 09:52.466 --> 09:55.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% READ VORACIOUSLY AND NOT WORRY 09:54.433 --> 10:00.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% ABOUT PLOT AS MUCH US A WORRY 09:55.733 --> 10:03.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:40% ABOUT CHARACTER. 10:00.100 --> 10:04.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% MOST BEGINNING WRITERS WERE SO 10:03.566 --> 10:06.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% MUCH ABOUT THE PLOT AND I 10:04.800 --> 10:08.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% CERTAINLY DID THAT I FIGURED OUT 10:06.033 --> 10:09.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% THAT I GREW OUT OF THE CHARACTER 10:08.533 --> 10:17.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% REALLY RELEASED ME I THINK. 10:09.633 --> 10:18.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% >> AND YOU WERE HAPPIER WITH 10:17.166 --> 10:18.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:32.5% YOUR PRODUCT? 10:18.166 --> 10:20.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:47.5% DID IT FLOW EASIER? 10:18.900 --> 10:28.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% >> I'M NEVER HAPPY AND IT IS 10:20.433 --> 10:29.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% NEVER EASY BUT I GUESS, YES, I 10:28.033 --> 10:29.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% CAME DIFFERENTLY AND SEEMED TO 10:29.533 --> 10:30.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:12.5% FLOW. 10:29.833 --> 10:31.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% I DIDN'T HAVE TO WORK AS HARD 10:30.900 --> 10:33.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:17.5% FOR IT. 10:31.533 --> 10:38.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% BUT, I ALSO -- THE REASON I SAY 10:33.400 --> 10:43.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% THAT IS BECAUSE I WANT TO TELL 10:38.866 --> 10:43.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% WRITERS ESPECIALLY BEGINNING 10:43.000 --> 10:45.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% WRITER, IT SHOULD ALWAYS BE 10:43.933 --> 10:45.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% DIFFICULT AND HARD AND NEVER 10:45.266 --> 10:47.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:17.5% EASIER. 10:45.933 --> 10:48.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% DON'T -- I NEVER THINKING OF 10:47.666 --> 10:50.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:37.5% WRITING AS FUN. 10:48.466 --> 10:51.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% I THINK OF IT AS, IF I DON'T DO 10:50.566 --> 10:53.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% IT, I'M REALLY MISERABLE. 10:51.966 --> 10:54.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:22.5% >> RIGHT. 10:53.200 --> 10:55.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% >> BUT THEN YOU'RE ALSO 10:54.666 --> 10:57.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% MISERABLE AS YOU'RE TRYING TO 10:55.566 --> 10:59.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:42.5% WRITE IT SORT OF. 10:57.066 --> 11:01.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% >> OR IS IT THE DREAD OF THING 10:59.133 --> 11:03.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% IS WORSE THAN THE DRINK YOU 11:01.000 --> 11:03.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:15% DREAD? 11:03.266 --> 11:04.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:17.5% GWENDA? 11:03.666 --> 11:06.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% DO YOU GET CAUGHT UP IN THINKING 11:04.933 --> 11:07.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% ABOUT HOW TO MAKE IT BE AS 11:06.333 --> 11:08.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% PERFECT AS IT SHOULD BE THAT IT 11:07.300 --> 11:10.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:45% IS ALMOST LIKE, -- 11:08.400 --> 11:10.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% >> I ACTUALLY DO HAVE ONE 11:10.166 --> 11:13.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:20% WRITING. 11:10.500 --> 11:15.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:30% [ LAUGHTER ] 11:13.900 --> 11:16.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% ESPECIALLY IF I'M TELLING A FUN 11:15.533 --> 11:18.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:15% STORY. 11:16.100 --> 11:18.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% BUT, AND, HOW YOU WOULD DESCRIBE 11:18.466 --> 11:22.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:37.5% WHAT YOU WRITE? 11:18.933 --> 11:23.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% >> WELL SMART AND FUN REALLY 11:22.433 --> 11:24.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% ACROSS DIFFERENT GENERAL AS WITH 11:23.966 --> 11:25.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% STRONG WOMEN AT THE CENTER AS 11:24.933 --> 11:26.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:22.5% YOU SAID. 11:25.366 --> 11:27.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% I THINK THAT'S THE COMMONALTY IN 11:26.833 --> 11:29.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:37.5% ALL OF MY WORK. 11:27.666 --> 11:31.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% AND REALLY FOR ME, DRAFTING IS 11:29.700 --> 11:33.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% PAINFUL SO I AGREE WITH YOU 11:31.466 --> 11:34.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% THERE, I HATE DRAFTING, BUT I 11:33.100 --> 11:35.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% REALLY LOVE REVISING. 11:34.533 --> 11:37.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:47.5% >> I LOVE REVISING. 11:35.766 --> 11:40.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% >> YEAH, AND SO TO ME, IT IS 11:37.500 --> 11:42.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% THAT PAIN OF GETTING SOMETHING 11:40.333 --> 11:42.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% OUT THERE THAT THEN YOU CAN FIX 11:42.500 --> 11:44.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:25% AND SHAPE. 11:42.866 --> 11:46.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% AND YOU JUST GET BETTER AT THAT 11:44.266 --> 11:46.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% US A LEAN INTO YOUR PROCESS AND 11:46.466 --> 11:47.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:22.5% TRUST IT. 11:46.966 --> 11:50.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% AND, THE THING THAT I ALWAYS 11:47.966 --> 11:51.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% TELL PEOPLE IS, TO MAKE SURE 11:50.633 --> 11:53.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% THAT YOU'RE PUTTING ALL OF THE 11:51.633 --> 11:53.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% YOU IN YOUR STUFF THAT YOU CAN. 11:53.066 --> 11:55.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONE THING YOU 11:53.833 --> 11:58.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% HAVE TO OFFER THE WORLD THAT NO 11:55.266 --> 12:00.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% OTHER STORYTELLER HAS. 11:58.866 --> 12:01.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% >> THAT'S A GOOD POINT. 12:00.100 --> 12:03.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% ALL THE YOU THAT YOU CAN. 12:01.100 --> 12:06.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% I'M CURIOUS ABOUT HOW, YOU KNOW, 12:03.166 --> 12:09.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% 2020 WAS A PRETTY TOUGH YEAR. 12:06.133 --> 12:10.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% AND I'M JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE I 12:09.000 --> 12:11.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:47.5% SEE WRITERS AS VERY 12:10.700 --> 12:13.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% INTROSPECTIVE, THOUGHTFUL 12:11.333 --> 12:14.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% DELIBERATE PEOPLE WHO IN THE 12:13.100 --> 12:16.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% INTRO VERSION, THERE IS ALSO A 12:14.933 --> 12:16.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% LOT OF CONTEMPLATION. 12:16.466 --> 12:18.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:40% >> OVERTHINKING. 12:16.966 --> 12:19.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% >> I'M TRYING TO BE NICE. 12:18.066 --> 12:22.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:30% [ LAUGHTER ] 12:19.066 --> 12:24.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% I MEAN, SERIOUSLY SO WHAT DOES 12:22.733 --> 12:24.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% THAT DO EITHER TO YOUR 12:24.200 --> 12:26.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:27.5% CREATIVITY? 12:24.600 --> 12:30.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% DOES IT ENHANCE IT BECAUSE THERE 12:26.500 --> 12:33.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% IS SO MUCH TO BROOD OVER AND 12:30.866 --> 12:34.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% COMMUNICATE OR, DO YOU GO EVEN 12:33.833 --> 12:34.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:30% MORE INWARD. 12:34.233 --> 12:36.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:42.5% WHAT'S THAT LIKE? 12:34.733 --> 12:38.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% >> FOR ME THE PANDEMIC WAS 12:36.600 --> 12:44.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% REALLY PRODUCTIVE BECAUSE, I 12:38.400 --> 12:56.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% HAVE ALSO RESPONDED TO STRESSFUL 12:44.300 --> 12:56.433 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:52.5% SITUATIONS BY WORKING 13:00.733 --> 13:03.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% AND SO I WRITE THE BEST AT HOME. 13:02.333 --> 13:04.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% A LOT OF PEOPLE GO ON RETREAT OR 13:03.800 --> 13:06.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:30% GET A CABIN. 13:04.466 --> 13:07.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% AND YOU KNOW, I WAS HOME ALL THE 13:06.300 --> 13:08.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:32.5% TIME IN 2020. 13:07.533 --> 13:10.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50% SO I GOT A LOT DONE. 13:08.833 --> 13:13.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% I FINISHED A NOVEL THAT I HAD 13:10.366 --> 13:14.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% ALREADY STARTED AT THE BEGINNING 13:13.733 --> 13:16.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% OF THE PANDEMIC AND WROTE 13:14.866 --> 13:16.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% ANOTHER NOVEL DURING THE 13:16.333 --> 13:18.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:22.5% PANDEMIC. 13:16.700 --> 13:20.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:37.5% >> MY GOODNESS. 13:18.933 --> 13:21.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% >> IT WAS A PRODUCTITY TIME AND 13:20.533 --> 13:22.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:37.5% I WAS THANKFUL. 13:21.433 --> 13:25.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% >> THE AT LEAST TIME YOU TALKED 13:22.600 --> 13:26.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% I HAD AN ADVANCE COPY OF 13:25.766 --> 13:27.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% SOUTHERN MOST SO THAT'S -- WAS 13:26.733 --> 13:28.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:17.5% THAT -- 13:27.066 --> 13:30.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:42.5% >> THAT WAS 2018. 13:28.933 --> 13:30.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% >> I CAN'T EVEN DO THE MATH ON 13:30.566 --> 13:32.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:12.5% THAT. 13:30.866 --> 13:33.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% I'M CURIOUS, JULIAN, FROM YOUR 13:32.900 --> 13:34.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% PERSPECTIVE WHEN YOU THINK NOT 13:33.933 --> 13:36.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% JUST ABOUT THE PANDEMIC, BUT 13:34.966 --> 13:40.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% THERE WAS A LOT OF SOCIAL AND 13:36.800 --> 13:41.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% RACIAL UNREST, IN 2020 AND HOW 13:40.166 --> 13:43.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% THOSE EVENTS MAY HAVE SPARKED 13:41.500 --> 13:49.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% SOME TYPE OF CREATIVE EXPRESSION 13:43.300 --> 13:50.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:30% OF YOUR OWN. 13:49.000 --> 13:50.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% THAT YOU PREVIOUSLY HAD NOT 13:50.166 --> 13:53.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:30% TAPPED INTO. 13:50.700 --> 13:53.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% >> I LOOK AT OUR ART IN GENERAL 13:53.100 --> 13:55.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:42.5% NOT JUST WRITING. 13:53.833 --> 13:57.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% BUT ALL ART AS A VESSEL. 13:55.600 --> 13:59.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50% THIS IS A VESSEL FOR 13:57.100 --> 14:01.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% ENTERTAINMENT, IT COULD BE A 13:59.733 --> 14:02.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% VESSEL FOR -- A MESSAGE OR 14:01.633 --> 14:04.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% IDEOLOGY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT 14:02.733 --> 14:05.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% SO, THAT'S THE WAY THAT I HAVE 14:04.366 --> 14:07.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:25% VIEWED IT. 14:05.133 --> 14:10.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% AND DURING THE PANDEMIC, AND 14:07.733 --> 14:12.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% ESPECIALLY AFTER THE MURDER OF 14:10.233 --> 14:13.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% BREONNA TAYLOR AND GEORGE FLOYD 14:12.166 --> 14:14.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% AND THE OTHER THINGS GOING ON IN 14:13.133 --> 14:18.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% THE COUNTRY, I SAW WITHIN MY 14:14.466 --> 14:18.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% SELF AND A LOT OF MY FEARS 14:18.133 --> 14:19.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50% ARISING IN POLITICAL 14:18.766 --> 14:21.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% CONSCIOUSNESS AND AWARENESS. 14:19.866 --> 14:24.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% AND SO AS PEOPLE ARE STARTING 14:21.566 --> 14:25.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% THE SAME THING THAT WE'RE JUST 14:24.033 --> 14:28.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% SAYING ABOUT LOOKING INTO 14:25.400 --> 14:30.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% YOURSELF AND LEAN INTO YOUR OWN 14:28.066 --> 14:31.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% PROCESS, WRITING IS A REALLY 14:30.400 --> 14:33.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% CATHARTIC THING THAT WE DO THE 14:31.566 --> 14:34.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% MORE THAT YOU LEARN ABOUT 14:33.133 --> 14:38.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% YOURSELF, I FEEL THE MORE THAT 14:34.466 --> 14:39.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% YOU CAN ADVANCE FORWARD WITH THE 14:38.933 --> 14:40.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:20% WRITING. 14:39.266 --> 14:42.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% THE STUFF THAT I LEARN AND 14:40.333 --> 14:42.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% STARTED READING ABOUT, THE 14:42.033 --> 14:44.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% REALIZATIONS THAT I HAD ABOUT 14:42.733 --> 14:46.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% THE FABRIC OF SOCIETY BROUGHT 14:44.700 --> 14:49.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% KNOW A POINT WHERE I FELT, OKAY, 14:46.500 --> 14:51.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% I CAN TRY TO GET OTHER PEOPLE TO 14:49.833 --> 14:54.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% BE SAYING POINTS OF REALIZATION 14:51.533 --> 14:58.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% THROUGH ENTERTAINMENT WHICH IS 14:54.033 --> 15:01.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% THIS ART FORM THAT WE'RE ALL 14:58.233 --> 15:03.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:42.5% PARTICIPATING IN. 15:01.900 --> 15:05.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% >> IS THERE ANY TIME THAT YOU 15:03.600 --> 15:06.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% CAN BE TOO OVERREVEALING OR TOO 15:05.333 --> 15:07.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% SHARING OR HIDE BEHIND THE 15:06.533 --> 15:12.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% CHARACTER AND HOPE PEOPLE DON'T 15:07.966 --> 15:13.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% QUITE GET THAT IT IS YOU. 15:12.666 --> 15:15.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:5% >> 15:13.233 --> 15:16.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% >> MY CHARACTERS DON'T REALLY 15:15.133 --> 15:17.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% COME FROM LIFE IN THAT WAY. 15:16.166 --> 15:19.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% I THINK WE TEND TO PUT A LITTLE 15:17.766 --> 15:20.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% OF OURSELVES BUT I SAY PUT 15:19.200 --> 15:22.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% YOURSELF IN A BOOK, WHAT I MEAN 15:20.100 --> 15:24.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% IS THE WAY THAT YOU SEE THE 15:22.933 --> 15:25.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:15% WORLD. 15:24.466 --> 15:26.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% AND THE QUIRKY IDIOSYNCRASIES 15:25.233 --> 15:27.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% AND THE THING THAT YOU BRING 15:26.000 --> 15:28.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% FROM THE ART THAT YOU HAVE 15:27.300 --> 15:29.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% CONSUMED AND THE THINGS THAT YOU 15:28.433 --> 15:31.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% LOVE AND THE EXPERIENCES THAT 15:29.600 --> 15:32.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% YOU HAVE HAD, AND THOSE ARE THE 15:31.033 --> 15:34.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% THINGS THAT YOU PUT IN YOUR 15:32.633 --> 15:39.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% WORK, AND YOU USE THEM TO TELL A 15:34.933 --> 15:40.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:40% FICTIONAL STORY. 15:39.666 --> 15:41.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE PEOPLE 15:40.700 --> 15:42.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:35% WHO OVERSHARE. 15:41.133 --> 15:47.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:30% [ LAUGHTER ] 15:42.966 --> 15:47.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% >> AND NOT EVEN IN A LITERARY 15:47.333 --> 15:48.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:10% WAY. 15:47.600 --> 15:49.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% >> SOCIAL MEDIA ET CETERA. 15:48.966 --> 15:50.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:30% [ LAUGHTER ] 15:49.500 --> 15:52.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% I'M CURIOUS ABOUT WHO WRITERS 15:50.900 --> 15:53.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% LOOKS TO FOR THEIR INSPIRATION. 15:52.266 --> 15:55.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% WHO DO YOU READ, SILAS AND WHO 15:53.866 --> 15:57.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% DO YOU SAY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A 15:55.866 --> 16:02.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% GOOD WRITER RIGHT THERE. 15:57.400 --> 16:04.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% >> WELL, THAT CHANGES ALL TIME 16:02.000 --> 16:08.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:17.5% FOR ME. 16:04.900 --> 16:13.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% >> THAT'S CERTAINLY THE FIRST 16:08.800 --> 16:17.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:10% ONE. 16:13.033 --> 16:19.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:27.5% MAMARLIN -- 16:17.333 --> 16:21.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% I THINK THE BOOK THAT TRANSFORM 16:19.366 --> 16:22.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% MED THE MOST IS "THE COLOR 16:21.800 --> 16:23.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% PURPLE" BY ALICE WALKER. 16:22.766 --> 16:25.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:37.5% >> WHY IS THAT? 16:23.266 --> 16:25.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% >> IT BLEW MY MIND WIDE OPEN TO 16:25.566 --> 16:32.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:27.5% EVERYTHING. 16:25.966 --> 16:34.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% NOT ONLY LIKE, RACE AND GENDER 16:32.233 --> 16:38.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% AND ORIENTATION, AND CONCEPT OF 16:34.333 --> 16:40.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% GOD BUT ALSO, WHAT YOU CAN DO 16:38.800 --> 16:42.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% WITH THE NOVEL, EXPERIMENTALLY 16:40.833 --> 16:44.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 16:42.300 --> 16:46.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% I JUST THINK THAT'S THE BOOK 16:44.366 --> 16:48.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% THAT JUST CHANGED EVERYTHING FOR 16:46.633 --> 16:49.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% ME AND I LOOKED BACK TO IT AGAIN 16:48.300 --> 16:50.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:25% AND AGAIN. 16:49.233 --> 16:51.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% >> GWENDA, HOW ABOUT YOU? 16:50.100 --> 16:55.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% >> I HATE THIS KIND OF QUESTION. 16:51.600 --> 16:57.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:30% [ LAUGHTER ] 16:55.866 --> 16:57.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% SO MANY DIFFERENT BOOKS AND 16:57.033 --> 16:59.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:20% AUTHORS. 16:57.366 --> 17:00.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% I THINK THAT I LOOK TO MY 16:59.700 --> 17:02.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% CONTEMPORARIES LIKE THE BOOKS 17:00.466 --> 17:03.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% THAT I'M READING THAT ARE -- I'M 17:02.133 --> 17:07.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% ON A JURY RIGHT NOW SO I'M 17:03.733 --> 17:08.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% READING A LOT FOR THE RAY 17:07.300 --> 17:10.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% BRADBURY BOOK PRIZE AND A LOT OF 17:08.500 --> 17:12.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% THE SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY 17:10.800 --> 17:14.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% PUBLISHED ACROSS LITERARY AND IN 17:12.300 --> 17:16.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% THE GENRES AND, JUST THERE IS SO 17:14.866 --> 17:19.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% MUCH AMAZING WORK GOING ON TODAY 17:16.500 --> 17:21.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% AND SO MANY VOICES THAT WE 17:19.266 --> 17:22.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% HAVEN'T HAD IN THE PAST AND 17:21.600 --> 17:24.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% STORIES NEW AND BEING TOLD AND I 17:22.633 --> 17:26.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% THINK IT IS A REALLY EXCITING 17:24.366 --> 17:27.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:47.5% TIME TO BE WRITING. 17:26.233 --> 17:28.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% >> JULIAN, HOW ABOUT YOU. 17:27.666 --> 17:29.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:35% SAME QUESTION. 17:28.100 --> 17:31.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% WHO IS A BIG INSPIRATION TO YOU 17:29.600 --> 17:36.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% OR WHO DO YOU LOOK TO FOR 17:31.833 --> 17:37.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% INSPIRATION IN YOUR CRAFT? 17:36.766 --> 17:39.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:5% >> 17:37.000 --> 17:41.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% >> WHEN I'M LOOKING FOR INSPA I 17:39.900 --> 17:43.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% OFTEN LOOK TO OTHER MEDIUMS AND 17:41.833 --> 17:47.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% THINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE DOING, 17:43.533 --> 17:49.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% WHETHER THEY ARE PAINTERS OR 17:47.566 --> 17:50.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% INDIVIDUAL JOYEDOGRAPHER. 17:49.333 --> 17:51.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% I TRY FIND EXPRESSION IN OTHER 17:50.600 --> 17:52.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:40% FOR THE PURPOSE. 17:51.100 --> 17:54.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% A LOT OF TIMES STUFF MAY NOT 17:52.600 --> 17:55.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% TRAPS LATE EXACTLY THE SAME BUT 17:54.900 --> 17:59.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% CERTAIN TECHNIQUES OR APPROACHES 17:55.900 --> 18:01.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% CAN BE APPLIED TO OTHER THINGS. 17:59.766 --> 18:03.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% SO I TAKE IT FROM THERE. 18:01.033 --> 18:04.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% AUTHORS SPECIFICALLY THAT HAVE 18:03.566 --> 18:06.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% WON ME INSPIRATION OVER THE 18:04.600 --> 18:09.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% YEAR, I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE TO 18:06.266 --> 18:10.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% SAY TOLKIEN, NOT NECESSARILY 18:09.600 --> 18:11.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% BECAUSE OF HIS PROSE, NOT 18:10.533 --> 18:13.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% AGAINST HIS PROSE BUT IT WAS 18:11.833 --> 18:13.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% ABOUT THE LEVEL OF WORLD 18:13.366 --> 18:15.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:22.5% BUILDING. 18:13.733 --> 18:16.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% WHAT I'M DOING WITH "BLACK 18:15.233 --> 18:18.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% HEART" I WANTED TO CREATE A 18:16.466 --> 18:19.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% WORLD, ESSENTIALLY HOW SILAS WAS 18:18.133 --> 18:20.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% SAYING EL EARLIER ABOUT 18:19.633 --> 18:22.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% CHARACTER, YOU KNOW, FOCUS ON 18:20.966 --> 18:23.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% THAT MORE SO THAN PLOT. 18:22.066 --> 18:24.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% PLOT IS PROBABLY THE LAST THING 18:23.200 --> 18:25.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% THAT I CAME UP WITH WHEN I FIRST 18:24.600 --> 18:32.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:35% HAD THIS IDEA. 18:25.800 --> 18:33.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% I SPENT TWO YEARS WORLD BUI 18:32.266 --> 18:34.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% BUILDING, AND A LOT OF CHARACTER 18:33.800 --> 18:38.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% DEVELOPMENT AND I GOT THAT 18:34.900 --> 18:38.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% SPECIFICALLY FROM TOLKIEN. 18:38.000 --> 18:40.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% AS FAR AS SOMEONE LIVING AN 18:38.933 --> 18:43.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% AUTHOR THAT I'M A FAN OF AS FAR 18:40.466 --> 18:45.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% AS THE SCALE OF THE STUFF THEY 18:43.566 --> 18:47.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% WRITE AND THEIR CHOICE OF WORDS 18:45.700 --> 18:50.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% IS AUTHOR NAME PIERCE BROWN. 18:47.900 --> 18:52.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% HE WROTE A SCIENCE FICTION 18:50.533 --> 18:52.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% SERIES, I KNOW WE'RE TALKING 18:52.133 --> 18:57.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50% ABOUT OUR OWN STUFF. 18:52.700 --> 19:01.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:30% [ LAUGHTER ] 18:57.233 --> 19:01.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% BUT TOLKIEN AND PIERCE BROWN MY 19:01.033 --> 19:03.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% BIGGEST AUTHORS AND INFLUENCES. 19:01.766 --> 19:03.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% >> WHEN WE WRAP IT, AND IT IS 19:03.266 --> 19:05.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:45% NEVER ENOUGH TIME. 19:03.766 --> 19:08.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% YOU CAN MAKE YOUR BIG PEST PITCH 19:05.666 --> 19:09.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% FOR THE VALUE OF THE KENTUCKY 19:08.066 --> 19:14.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% BOOK FESTIVAL, AND KENTUCKY AND 19:09.900 --> 19:16.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% WHAT IT DOES EVEN FOR WRITERS AS 19:14.433 --> 19:16.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% FAR AS EDIFICATION OF YOUR OWN 19:16.033 --> 19:16.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:17.5% SPIRIT. 19:16.633 --> 19:21.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:15% SILAS? 19:16.933 --> 19:23.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% >> I MEAN, I DON'T THINK THAT WE 19:21.033 --> 19:24.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% CAN UNDERSELL THE WAY IT 19:23.133 --> 19:26.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% VALIDATES AS A WRITER TO BE A 19:24.066 --> 19:29.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% PART OF KENTUCKY WRITING 19:26.700 --> 19:34.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% COMMUNITY, AND, HAVE THE 19:29.166 --> 19:35.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% KENTUCKY HUMANITIES AS DOING SO 19:34.100 --> 19:37.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% MUCH, THE BOOK FESTIVAL IS 19:35.300 --> 19:39.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% ALWAYS JUST CELEBRATES WRITING. 19:37.066 --> 19:40.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% YOU KNOW, AND IN A WAY THAT 19:39.433 --> 19:42.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% LITERATURE DOESN'T OFTEN GET 19:40.466 --> 19:44.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% CELEBRATED THAT WAY, AND AGAIN, 19:42.866 --> 19:46.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% I WANT TO STRESS HOW LUCKY THAT 19:44.133 --> 19:47.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% WE ARE IN KENTUCKY TO HAVE THAT. 19:46.466 --> 19:49.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% BECAUSE, A LOT OF PLACES DON'T 19:47.666 --> 19:51.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% HAVE IT AND PLACES LOOK AT 19:49.266 --> 19:51.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% KENTUCKY AND JUST, SO 19:51.300 --> 19:52.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:27.5% ILLITERATE. 19:51.700 --> 19:57.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% WE'RE SO RICH IN OUR LITERATURE. 19:52.600 --> 20:00.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% >> AND I'M GLAD YOU MADE THAT 19:57.700 --> 20:02.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% POINT THAT WE REALLY HAVE A RICH 20:00.000 --> 20:04.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% LITERARY LANDSCAPE HERE AND IT 20:02.166 --> 20:05.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% DEFIES ALL OF THE NEGATIVE 20:04.733 --> 20:07.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% STEREOTYPES AND I LOVE HAVING 20:05.733 --> 20:09.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% YOU HERE REPRESENTING APPALACHIA 20:07.400 --> 20:10.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% AND WE HAVE OUR YOUNG 20:09.433 --> 20:11.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% AFRICAN-AMERICANS TO SHOW THIS 20:10.700 --> 20:12.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:30% IS KENTUCKY. 20:11.500 --> 20:14.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:22.5% YOU KNOW. 20:12.200 --> 20:16.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:40% WE ARE KENTUCKY. 20:14.666 --> 20:17.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% SO, THANK YOU BOTH IN THE 20:16.533 --> 20:19.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:17.5% STUDIO. 20:17.900 --> 20:20.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% JULIAN, JOINING US BY SKYPE CAN. 20:19.933 --> 20:21.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% APPRECIATE IT AND BEST OF LUCK 20:20.833 --> 20:22.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:27.5% TO YOU ALL. 20:21.266 --> 20:24.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% AND COMING UP WE'LL GIVE YOU 20:22.900 --> 20:25.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% MORE DETAIL ABOUT THE KENTUCKY 20:24.233 --> 20:27.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% BOOK FESTIVAL COMING UP THE 20:25.400 --> 20:29.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% FIRST WEEK IN NOVEMBER WITH THE 20:27.533 --> 20:30.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% STATE DIRECTOR OF THAT PROGRAM, 20:29.200 --> 20:41.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% WITH THE KENTUCKY HUMANITIES. 20:30.766 --> 20:41.066 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:32.5% STAY WITH US. 20:43.433 --> 20:45.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% SARA, I CAN'T GET THE KENTUCKY 20:44.700 --> 20:46.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:25% BOOK VEST. 20:45.266 --> 20:47.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US WITH 20:46.800 --> 20:48.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50% KENTUCKY HUMANITIES. 20:47.500 --> 20:49.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:37.5% THE A PLEASURE. 20:48.133 --> 20:50.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING 20:49.733 --> 20:51.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:7.5% ME. 20:50.266 --> 20:54.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% AND, THE FAIR FESTIVAL THING, IT 20:51.733 --> 20:56.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:20% IS OKAY. 20:54.566 --> 20:57.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% IT WAS 38 YEARS AS THE FAIR. 20:56.900 --> 21:00.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% SO, IT IS UNDERSTANDABLE. 20:57.533 --> 21:01.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% >> YES, AND WE ALL ARE TWO YEARS 21:00.266 --> 21:01.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% BEHIND ANYWAY IN EVERYTHING. 21:01.433 --> 21:02.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:12.5% SO -- 21:01.866 --> 21:02.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:30% [ LAUGHTER ] 21:02.266 --> 21:05.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:22.5% >> RIGHT. 21:02.633 --> 21:06.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% >> WE'LL GET GET IT RIGHT NEXT 21:05.466 --> 21:08.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% YEAR RIGHT OFF THE BAT. 21:06.266 --> 21:10.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% THANK YOU FOR TAKING TIME AND TO 21:08.100 --> 21:13.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% HAVE THIS BACK IN LEXINGTON, AT 21:10.933 --> 21:13.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% JOSEPH BECK BOOK SELLERS. 21:13.566 --> 21:15.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:30% 140 AUTHORS. 21:13.966 --> 21:15.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% TELL US ABOUT WHAT READERS ARE 21:15.400 --> 21:17.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:17.5% IN FOR. 21:15.766 --> 21:19.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:5% >> 21:17.366 --> 21:20.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% >> YEAH, WE'RE SO EXCITED TO 21:19.000 --> 21:21.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% BRING THE BOOK FESTIVAL TO 21:20.833 --> 21:24.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:30% JOSEPH BETH. 21:21.300 --> 21:26.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% IT WILL BE THE ONLY EVENT OF ITS 21:24.200 --> 21:27.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% KIND HOSTED AT A BOOK STORE SO 21:26.033 --> 21:29.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% WHEN YOU GO INTO A BOOK STORE 21:27.466 --> 21:31.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% AND YOU VISIT, AND YOU SEE BOOKS 21:29.633 --> 21:32.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% THAT YOU WANT TO READ, MAYBE YOU 21:31.266 --> 21:34.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% HAVE BURNING QUESTIONS THAT YOU 21:32.466 --> 21:34.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO ASK THE 21:34.566 --> 21:35.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:17.5% AUTHOR. 21:34.900 --> 21:40.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% OR YOU WOULD LIKE TO GET THE 21:35.666 --> 21:41.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% BOOK SIGNED, WELL, AT THE BOOK 21:40.400 --> 21:42.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% FESTIVAL CAN DO BOTH OF THOSE 21:41.900 --> 21:43.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:17.5% THINGS. 21:42.266 --> 21:48.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% WE'LL HAVE 140 AUTHORS. 21:43.233 --> 21:50.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% MANY OF THEM FROM KENTUCKY, THAT 21:48.233 --> 21:52.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% ALSO WILL HAVE AUTHORS FLY IN 21:50.500 --> 21:53.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% FROM ACCESS CALIFORNIA DO TO 21:52.033 --> 21:54.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% TALK ABOUT TEAR BOOK ON STAGE. 21:53.366 --> 21:57.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% WE'LL HAVE TWO DIFFERENT AREAS 21:54.800 --> 22:01.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% FOR PROGRAMS IN THE STORE. 21:57.033 --> 22:02.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% AND, A LOT OF MINGLING AND TIME 22:01.866 --> 22:04.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% FOR GETTING BOOKS SIGNED SO IT 22:02.900 --> 22:05.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% WILL BE A REALLY FUN EVENT. 22:04.066 --> 22:07.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% >> WELL, WE HAD THREE OF THE 22:05.933 --> 22:12.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% AUTHORS WHO I THINK WILL BE 22:07.033 --> 22:14.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% THERE ON THAT SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22:12.633 --> 22:15.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:5% 6. 22:14.300 --> 22:16.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% SILAS HOUSE, GWENDA BOND WHO 22:15.233 --> 22:17.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% TALK ABOUT THEIR WORK AND 22:16.333 --> 22:19.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% PASSION AND APPRECIATION FOR 22:17.600 --> 22:20.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% THIS BOOK FESTIVAL THAT'S LIKE 22:19.400 --> 22:22.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% NONE OTHER ANYWHERE ELSE, AND 22:20.733 --> 22:24.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% YOU MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, A LOT 22:22.400 --> 22:25.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% OF KENTUCKY LITERARY LUMINARYS 22:24.600 --> 22:29.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:35% WILL BE THERE. 22:25.633 --> 22:30.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% WHAT ARE SOME OTHER NAMES THAT 22:29.433 --> 22:31.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% WE MIGHT SEE EVEN OUTSIDE OF 22:30.900 --> 22:35.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:15% STATE. 22:31.200 --> 22:37.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:20% >> SURE. 22:35.033 --> 22:40.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% FROM STATING SILAS, BOBBY ANNE 22:37.766 --> 22:41.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% MASON, FRANK WALKER, KRISTA 22:40.066 --> 22:44.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% WILKINSON WILL BE THERE. 22:41.300 --> 22:45.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% WE'LL HAVE HW BRANDS WHO IS AN 22:44.133 --> 22:49.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% HISTORIAN WHO LIVES IN TEXAS. 22:45.133 --> 22:50.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% HE HAS BEEN TO THE EVENT BEFORE 22:49.066 --> 22:53.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% AND HE'S A BIG FAVORITE SO HE 22:50.400 --> 22:54.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% HAS TWO NEW BOOK OUT AND WE HAVE 22:53.033 --> 22:57.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% THE EXCLUSIVE PERMISSION FROM 22:54.066 --> 22:59.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% THE PUBLISHER TO SELL HIS BOOK 22:57.200 --> 23:00.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% EARLY FOR A ONE DAY ONLY AT 22:59.933 --> 23:02.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:30% JOSEPH BETH. 23:00.400 --> 23:09.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% AND HE'LL BE TALKING WITH PETER 23:02.400 --> 23:12.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% WHO IS JOURNALIST FROM POLITICO 23:09.000 --> 23:13.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% AND WILL HAVE MAR WHO LIVES HERE 23:12.533 --> 23:17.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% IN LEXINGTON AS WELL. 23:13.933 --> 23:19.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% WE'LL HAVE ONE VIRTUAL PROGRAM 23:17.233 --> 23:21.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% WITH AN AUTHOR ILLUSTRATOR 23:19.933 --> 23:23.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% ORIGINALLY FROM VIRGINIA AND NOW 23:21.500 --> 23:26.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% SHE LIVES IN BROOKLYN. 23:23.600 --> 23:27.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% AND, WE'LL HAVE BOOKS FOR 23:26.766 --> 23:29.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% EVERYONE -- EVERYONE FROM LITTLE 23:27.900 --> 23:31.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:37.5% KIDS TO ADULTS. 23:29.966 --> 23:33.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% SO, BRUCE CAMERON IS COMING AND 23:31.500 --> 23:37.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% HE WRITE THESE REALLY CUTE 23:33.400 --> 23:42.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% BOOKS, A DOG'S PURPOSE IS ONE OF 23:37.200 --> 23:43.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% THEM, AND THEY HAVE BEEN. 23:42.666 --> 23:45.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% YOU CAN TALK ABOUT WRITING FROM 23:43.966 --> 23:46.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE ON THE 23:45.333 --> 23:47.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% GROUND AND HOW TO PULL THAT OFF. 23:46.766 --> 23:47.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:5% >> 23:47.000 --> 23:49.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:30% [ LAUGHTER ] 23:47.766 --> 23:50.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% >> IT IS GREAT THAT YOU HAVE 23:49.433 --> 23:51.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% SUCH WELL-KNOWN NAMES AND THOSE 23:50.433 --> 23:52.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:37.5% RISING AS WELL. 23:51.366 --> 23:55.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% AND I WANT YOU TO TALK ABOUT THE 23:52.400 --> 23:56.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% FACT THAT EVEN THOUGH IT IS AT 23:55.000 --> 23:59.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% JOSEPH BETH BOOK SELLER, THERE 23:56.666 --> 24:01.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% IS A VIRTUAL COMPONENT SO YOU'RE 23:59.900 --> 24:01.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% IN THIS HYBRID FORMAT. 24:01.266 --> 24:02.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% TELL US HOW THAT WORKS. 24:01.966 --> 24:04.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:17.5% >> YES. 24:02.666 --> 24:05.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% IN ORDERS TO MAKE EVERYONE AS 24:04.900 --> 24:09.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% COMFORTABLE AS POSSIBLE IF THEY 24:05.866 --> 24:10.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% WANT TO PARTICIPATE, YOU CAN 24:09.633 --> 24:11.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% CERTAINLY COME THE STORE AND BE 24:10.766 --> 24:13.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% PART OF THE AUDIENCE. 24:11.600 --> 24:14.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% IF YOU WOULD RATHER WATCH AT 24:13.233 --> 24:16.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% HOME, WE'LL LIVE STREAM THE 24:14.766 --> 24:21.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% SESSION FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER 24:16.266 --> 24:22.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% TO T, THE WEBSITE ON THE DAY OF 24:21.166 --> 24:25.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% THE EVENT, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO 24:22.766 --> 24:26.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% CLICK ON WEBSITE AND SEE THESE 24:25.333 --> 24:27.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% WATCH NOW BUTTONS FROM THE 24:26.900 --> 24:30.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:30% EVENTS PAGE. 24:27.766 --> 24:31.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% AND CLICK ON THOSE AND WATCH THE 24:30.300 --> 24:32.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:47.5% EVENTS STREAM LIVE. 24:31.333 --> 24:35.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% SO, THERE WILL BE A LITTLE BIT 24:32.466 --> 24:38.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% OF A LAG TIME JUST BECAUSE 24:35.600 --> 24:41.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% TECHNOLOGY IS NOT PERFECT. 24:38.933 --> 24:43.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% BUT, WE'LL ARCHIVE THOSE VIDEOS 24:41.500 --> 24:45.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% ON OUR WEBSITE AFTER THE FACT. 24:43.566 --> 24:47.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% AND ONE AUTHOR THAT WE'RE REALLY 24:45.300 --> 24:48.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% EXCITED TO BRING IN IS ELLEN 24:47.966 --> 24:50.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% HELD BRANDT WHOSE BOOK GOLDEN 24:48.866 --> 24:53.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% GIRL WAS REALLY POPULAR, AND 24:50.966 --> 24:55.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:22.5% STILL IS. 24:53.400 --> 24:57.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% BUT, SHE HAS THREE NEW BOOKS 24:55.366 --> 24:57.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% COMING OUT BETWEEN NOW AND 24:57.333 --> 24:59.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:25% CHRISTMAS. 24:57.700 --> 25:01.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% AND SO SHE'LL TALK ABOUT GOLDEN 24:59.166 --> 25:02.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% GIRL AND TALK ABOUT HER NEW 25:01.666 --> 25:04.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:12.5% BOOK. 25:02.100 --> 25:05.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% I THINK SHE'S WRITTEN 28 BOOKS 25:04.166 --> 25:07.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% NOW WHICH IS MIND BLOWING. 25:05.266 --> 25:08.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:20% >> YEAH. 25:07.133 --> 25:10.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:47.5% AND THAT'S AMAZING. 25:08.933 --> 25:12.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% AND SO, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF 25:10.933 --> 25:15.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% WORK THAT GOES INTO THIS. 25:12.566 --> 25:17.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS AT THE 25:15.033 --> 25:18.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% LAST BOOK FAIR, BOOK FESTIVAL, 25:17.766 --> 25:21.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% SCOTT PELLEY WAS THERE AND I GOT 25:18.966 --> 25:24.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% A CHANCE TO INTERVIEW HIM ABOUT 25:21.700 --> 25:24.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% TRUTH WORTH TELLING WHICH IS A 25:24.100 --> 25:26.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% FANTASTIC BOOK WHETHER OR NOT 25:24.800 --> 25:27.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% YOU'RE IN THE JOURNALISM 25:26.500 --> 25:28.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:40% INDUSTRY OR NOT. 25:27.000 --> 25:29.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% IT IS REALLY GOOD READ AND WE 25:28.266 --> 25:30.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% SHARED A FEW MINUTES ON STAGE 25:29.466 --> 25:33.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% AND REALLY GOT TO SEE A 25:30.800 --> 25:34.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% DIFFERENT SIDE OF THIS NEWS MAN 25:33.266 --> 25:36.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% IN THAT KIND OF ENVIRONMENT. 25:34.333 --> 25:38.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% IT WAS AN INTIMATE SETTING AND I 25:36.266 --> 25:41.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% KNOW YOU'RE DOING EVENTS LEADING 25:38.400 --> 25:42.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% UP TO THE BIG BOOK FESTIVAL, 25:41.600 --> 25:43.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% CONVERSATIONS AND COCKTAILS IS 25:42.800 --> 25:44.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:45% WHAT IT IS CALLED. 25:43.466 --> 25:46.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% YOU'VE GOT SEVERAL THINGS THAT 25:44.800 --> 25:47.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% ARE KIND OF PRECURSORS OR MAYBE 25:46.866 --> 25:48.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% EVEN COME AFTERWARDS. 25:47.766 --> 25:49.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:22.5% >> RIGHT. 25:48.700 --> 25:51.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:10% YES. 25:49.266 --> 25:53.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% SO NOVEMBER 1 WE'RE KICKING 25:51.100 --> 25:54.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% THINGS OFF WITH JAYSON REYNOLDS. 25:53.100 --> 25:56.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% HE'S THE NATIONAL AMBASSADOR FOR 25:54.700 --> 25:58.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% CHILDREN LITERATURE AND HE IS 25:56.800 --> 26:00.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% SERVING A VERY RARE THIRD TERM. 25:58.533 --> 26:00.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% I THINK THAT'S NEVER HAPPENED 26:00.166 --> 26:02.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:17.5% BEFORE. 26:00.500 --> 26:04.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% BUT, JAYSON HAS A NEW BOOK 26:02.300 --> 26:05.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% COMING OUT CALLED "STUNT BOY IN 26:04.333 --> 26:09.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% THE MEANTIME "AND HE'LL BE 26:05.933 --> 26:12.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% TALKING ABOUT THAT IT IS A 26:09.733 --> 26:13.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% GRAPHIC NOVEL, GREAT FOR 26:12.166 --> 26:15.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:45% RELUCTANT READERS. 26:13.900 --> 26:16.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% MAYBE KIDS HAVE TROUBLE FINDING 26:15.133 --> 26:18.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% BOOK THOSE HOLD THEIR ATTENTION 26:16.300 --> 26:19.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% AND GRAPHIC NOVELS ARE A GOOD 26:18.400 --> 26:20.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% STEP INTO FALLING IN LOVE WITH 26:19.800 --> 26:24.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:20% READING. 26:20.333 --> 26:24.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% AND, JAYSON IS ALSO A VERY 26:24.000 --> 26:27.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:47.5% INSTIRRATIONAL GUY. 26:24.966 --> 26:28.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% HE IS JUST WONDERFUL, SO, WE'LL 26:27.033 --> 26:29.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% KICK THINGS OFF NOVEMBER 1 WITH 26:28.833 --> 26:32.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:10% HIM. 26:29.100 --> 26:34.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% WE'LL HAVE A LITERARY LUNCHEON 26:32.200 --> 26:34.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% WITH GWEDA MIKE A SHE'S 26:34.500 --> 26:36.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:25% WONDERFUL. 26:34.966 --> 26:36.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:45% >> SHE HAS A BOOK. 26:36.100 --> 26:37.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:30% IT IS GREAT. 26:36.533 --> 26:39.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:17.5% >> YES. 26:37.533 --> 26:42.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% >> SO, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE KIND 26:39.100 --> 26:43.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% OF A BOXED LUNCH PICNIC STYLE. 26:42.600 --> 26:45.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% DUE TO THE PANDEMIC, WE'VE HAD 26:43.800 --> 26:48.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% TO BE PRETTY CREATIVE WITH HOW 26:45.666 --> 26:49.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% WE'RE HOSTING IN-PERSON EVENTS 26:48.066 --> 26:51.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% ESPECIALLY RELATED TO FOOD. 26:49.166 --> 26:52.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% SO, WE HAVE FOUND A WAY TO DO IT 26:51.666 --> 26:55.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:27.5% ALL SAFELY. 26:52.866 --> 26:56.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% AND, ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT, WE'RE 26:55.166 --> 26:59.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% GOING HAVE ANOTHER EVENT AT 26:56.733 --> 27:00.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% JOSEPH BETH WITH MARGARET TO 26:59.133 --> 27:02.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% CELEBRATE HER BOOK THAT JUST 27:00.700 --> 27:07.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50% CAME OUT OCTOBER 12. 27:02.933 --> 27:08.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% WE'LL HAVE TRIVIA AT GOOD WOOD 27:07.233 --> 27:08.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% OF LEXINGTON WHICH I BELIEVE 27:08.166 --> 27:10.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% OPENED DURING THE PANDEMIC BUT 27:08.900 --> 27:11.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% IT IS ALSO REALLY CLOSE TO 27:10.533 --> 27:13.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% JOSEPH BETH SO THAT'S FUN. 27:11.666 --> 27:13.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% AND THURSDAY NIGHT AND THAT'S 27:13.466 --> 27:15.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:12.5% FREE. 27:13.766 --> 27:17.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% AND RALLY YOUR FRIENDS WHO LOVE 27:15.600 --> 27:18.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% BOOKS TO COME OUT FOR BOOK 27:17.533 --> 27:20.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:35% THEMED TRIVIA. 27:18.766 --> 27:22.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% AND THEN WITH COMMERCE 27:20.266 --> 27:23.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% LEXINGTON, WE'LL HAVE A 27:22.033 --> 27:25.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% SPOTLIGHT BREAKFAST ON FRIDAY 27:23.333 --> 27:27.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% MORNING WITH JAMES HARDYMAN AND 27:25.733 --> 27:29.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% TERRY BIRDWHISTLE DISCUSSING THE 27:27.900 --> 27:31.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% MEMOIR ABOUT BECOMING A 27:29.433 --> 27:33.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMAN AND, 27:31.766 --> 27:34.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% SATURDAY, OF COURSE, IT IS THE 27:33.066 --> 27:35.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% BIG BOOK FESTIVAL AT JOSEPH 27:34.900 --> 27:36.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:12.5% BETH. 27:35.200 --> 27:38.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% >> WELL, IT IS A GREAT LINEUP 27:36.433 --> 27:40.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL 27:38.000 --> 27:43.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% AND MY FORMER COLLEAGUE, BILL 27:40.500 --> 27:44.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% GOODMAN WHO RUNS THE KENTUCKY 27:43.666 --> 27:45.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:25% HUMANITYS. 27:44.600 --> 27:47.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% SARA WORDS, THANK YOU. 27:45.400 --> 27:48.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% I KNOW YOU PUT A LOT OF EFFORT 27:47.233 --> 27:49.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% INTO THIS BOOK FESTIVAL AND 27:48.300 --> 27:50.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% THANK YOU FOR MAKING SO IT 27:49.233 --> 27:51.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% SUCCESSFUL AS WE KNOW IT WILL BE 27:50.166 --> 27:52.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% THE FIRST WEEK IN NOVEMBER. 27:51.433 --> 27:52.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH 27:52.466 --> 27:54.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:7.5% US. 27:52.733 --> 27:55.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:32.5% >> THANK YOU. 27:54.466 --> 27:56.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 27:55.433 --> 27:58.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% >> AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US 27:56.833 --> 27:58.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:47.5% FOR THIS EDITION OF 27:58.266 --> 28:00.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:35% "CONNECTIONS." 27:58.700 --> 28:03.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% YOU CAN LOG ON TO OUR WEBSITE TO 28:00.266 --> 28:04.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% SEE PROGRAMS FROM THE PAST, AT 28:03.766 --> 28:05.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50% KET.ORG/CONNECTIONS. 28:04.333 --> 28:07.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% LISTEN TO PODCASTS AND FOLLOW ME 28:05.600 --> 28:08.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% ON TWITTER AND OTHER SPACES AND 28:07.366 --> 28:09.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:25% I'M THERE.