[Lady Aragorn]

Ещё несколько фото с мероприятия в Цюрихе:

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И текст отчёта о поездке этой дамы (хорошо читается яндексом): https://x.com/MsAndrea7215/status/1800251277349474625

Sarah from chapter 1 saying all she "wanted to do was read thrillers, plant daffodil bulbs and bake cakes with Maddie for dad.* They also talked about the character of Mauritz Schiller and Ms Kasperski asked whether Richard was aware of the “connection" to Friedrich von Schiller. Richard said he was, that Mauritz was originally called Aldo and that names sometimes have to be changed which can be difficult. Ms Kasperski also asked about Mauritz's dialect saying that some had suggested it could be Swiss but Richard said it was a German accent.
Richard then read a few pages from one of the first chapters of Geneva where Sarah visits her father. It's a very moving scene and he read it beautifully and afterwards said he'd forgotten how personal that chapter was. I filmed only a small part but someone else filmed all of it and posted it as well.
After that they talked about Alexas and Richard referred to a part in Geneva where Sarah spoke about the Alexa she installed at her dad’s home and how she could log into it to see what he was doing and what questions he was asking. Richard said he had installed one at his dad's home as well but only later realised that he could have done the same, even get in contact with his dad, maybe actually asking ’Dad, are you OK?", he wondered how surprised his dad would have been. He said he doesn't have any Alexas at his home because he doesn't want them to listen to him, he also doesn’t have a mobile phone on his bedside table at night, so there are no electronic devices at all in his bedroom. He mentioned the brain implant and virtual reality and talked about Gino Acevedo from Weta and his prosthetics and how Weta invested in a company that produces glasses with a tiny projector inserted in the glass that projects through the iris onto your retina and enables you to see a virtual CGI character in 3D. There was also a question about voices being replaced by AI generated voices and Richard said that at one point he received an offer to sort of "lend" his voice to that. He remembered that for a second he thought that there is a lot of money in this but then refused to do that. We all agreed that we want to hear real voices.
We also talked about how good Nicola Walker is and he told a few bits about other actors who wrote books as well and wanted Richard to hand them to his publisher. This came up because one audience question was why so few actors are also authors. By the way one of the other actors who asked for a manuscript to be passed on admitted that he'd still have to write it when being asked about story details.
When he’s offered a role Richard asks himself if he can do what that role requires and that he wants to understand what drives the character. He also likes to see how his acting partners try to play the emotions of their parts back to him. What also came up was how busy he is, right now he is in the final stages (about four or five chapters are left) to finish his second novel The Cut, he has to deliver it by the end of May because the recording of the audio book will take place in the first half of June before he heads back to New York. He said he doesn't know what to do with himself when he doesn't work but maybe he would take the Sunday after the event off to explore Zürich.
I think there were a few more questions but not too many and the ones I mentioned stuck most with me and they are probably not in the right order.
There were also some questions from the audience, one was about coachings in writing and Richard referred to Harlan Coben, Neil Gaiman and Margaret Atwood who give such courses. He told a story about one of her novels in which she placed a telephone box in a certain spot. After the release someone contacted her and criticized that there was no telephone box in that place. To this she replied "But in 1974!". What Richard meant to say was that authors sometimes have to “invent" facts for their stories to make the plot or part of the plot work. With it he referred to one scene in Geneva taking place in the mountains in a spot where he wanted just one road to be so two of his characters had to meet exactly there. Another question earlier was when he writes and Richard replied that he did while shooting Stay Close, on long haul flights and sometimes he has an idea at 3 a.m. and has to write it down immediately and occasionally realises later that the whole story or a great part of it hinges on that single idea.
After the audience questions we were asked to queue for the autograph part. Some already had bought or brought their books and some also had other things like photographs which he kindly signed as well. I had a Geneva and a Hobbit pin made by GuyltyPleasure on my jacket and after saying hello he pointed at them and Said "Oh, you have a mini Geneva... and a mini Hobbit...". He then turned to the bookshop employee and said "You could sell these." She looked at me, said they were great and asked If she could take a picture of them only to realise that she had my phone in her hand which I had handed her. I got a little distracted from Richard for a moment by this but then handed him the two copies of Geneva I had taken from the pile. I asked my name, repeated 'Andrea" with a rolling "r" and wrote it in the book together with the dedication and his autograph which you have seen. He asked If I also wanted a dedication in the second one which I denied so he just wrote his name and said a little something that I have forgotten. I thought and still think about donating the book to our annual fundraiser for Richard's Birthday but I haven't decided that yet. We then bent to have a picture taken by the bookshop employee and I managed to tell him how much I liked what he had said about the rhythmic quality of words and how it also applies to singing. As I said earlier he exercise at Drama school where students read aloud just using consonants/words had also resonated a lot with me but I'm not sure If I mentioned that as well. He asked ’Are you a singer?" and I said that I sing in a quartet and will tell the others about it. He smiled and again said something I have forgotten. I thanked him, wished him all the best and to take care and said good-bye. After paying for the books and leaving the shop I realised I hadn't looked what picture the employee had taken of us (I also hadn't thanked her, sorry) so I did and found that she had taken quite a few pics while Richard was signing my two copies and I'm really happy. I myself also took a number of pics during the conversation.
It was a great event and I’m glad I took the trip. Richard was really funny, lovely, kind and interested, he gave great insights and you could see that he really enjoyed and had fun at the event, especially with the Swiss German part.
 

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Сообщение от Ketvelin

Ты знаешь, как показывает практика, если это не что-то эпичное, то и на телефоне ок.

Ха, если это что-то любимое - я и на телефоне могу, у меня там полная фильмотека: СиЮ, ВК, Хоббит, Любовник леди Чаттерлей (с Шоном который), и ещё куча всего, что могу пересматривать бесконечно))