I just finished FPW's latest RJ short, "Interlude at Duane's." Terrific! Great RJ fixit story.

I can't wait to dig into the rest of "Thriller, Stories to Keep You Up at Night." It's the book about which FPW and others spoke at the Barnes and Noble signing tonight.

The panel at the signing included F. Paul Wilson, Eric Van Lustbader, MJ Rose and James Siegel. An audience member asked an interesting question...which thriller would each of the authors consider his/her favorite? The answers were as varied as the speakers and proved the panel's point that the range of what could be considered a thriller is limited only by imagination.

FPW said "A Tale of Two Cities," not considered a thriller by most. According to Paul, the story arcs of the characters against the dramatic backdrop of rebellion were "enviable."

MJ Rose picked "Rebecca," another unusal take on what could be considered a thriller.

James Siegel's choice of John Le Carre's "Smiley's People" and "Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy" would fall into the more standard thriller fare.

Eric Van Lustbader said "Dracula."

Interesting choices, eh?

Perhaps most dramatic was the loud, vibrant storm that blew up as the group was in the midst of discussion. The lightning flared and the thunder rolled, a perfect scrim against which to watch the panel of thriller writers share their thoughts.

James Rollins, Douglas Preston, David Morrell, Lincoln Child and Lee Child are just some of the 32 authors who've written a short story for the anthology.

I've got some great reading ahead of me tonight.

I'll be posting a few pics taken this evening. Cobalt and her son, Daniel, were there, as was Bluesman Mike.

And best of all, Mary Wilson was there, too. It was great playing catch up with her.

All in all, it was a fun evening.

And here are the pics.

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/maggers224...r=/60f3re2

I know there is a goal of "making THRILLER the first anthology =ever= on the NY Times Bestseller List." What I want to know is, if I order my copy off of Amazon.co.UK will it count toward that goal?

Also, what about the audio version?

RIK

Thanks for the pics Maggers! Events like this are almost enough to make me wish I lived somewhere other than the midwest.

Ordered my copy of Thriller yesterday - can't wait to get it!

As always, I'm appreciative of the board's relating tales of their encounters with the Man. Sounds like a good time was had by all. And cool pics as well.

I just finished FPW's latest RJ short, "Interlude at Duane's." Terrific! Great RJ fixit story.

I can't wait to dig into the rest of "Thriller, Stories to Keep You Up at Night." It's the book about which FPW and others spoke at the Barnes and Noble signing tonight.

The panel at the signing included F. Paul Wilson, Eric Van Lustbader, MJ Rose and James Siegel. An audience member asked an interesting question...which thriller would each of the authors consider his/her favorite? The answers were as varied as the speakers and proved the panel's point that the range of what could be considered a thriller is limited only by imagination.

FPW said "A Tale of Two Cities," not considered a thriller by most. According to Paul, the story arcs of the characters against the dramatic backdrop of rebellion were "enviable."

MJ Rose picked "Rebecca," another unusal take on what could be considered a thriller.

James Siegel's choice of John Le Carre's "Smiley's People" and "Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy" would fall into the more standard thriller fare.

Eric Van Lustbader said "Dracula."

Interesting choices, eh?

Perhaps most dramatic was the loud, vibrant storm that blew up as the group was in the midst of discussion. The lightning flared and the thunder rolled, a perfect scrim against which to watch the panel of thriller writers share their thoughts.

James Rollins, Douglas Preston, David Morrell, Lincoln Child and Lee Child are just some of the 32 authors who've written a short story for the anthology.

I've got some great reading ahead of me tonight.

I'll be posting a few pics taken this evening. Cobalt and her son, Daniel, were there, as was Bluesman Mike.

And best of all, Mary Wilson was there, too. It was great playing catch up with her.

All in all, it was a fun evening.

Great pictures! It's always nice to have a face to go with a name....

The captions for the pics during the panel discussion are hilarious! Especially the politically insensitive comment about those that are follicly disadvantaged.

...The captions for the pics during the panel discussion are hilarious! Especially the politically insensitive comment about those that are follicly disadvantaged.

I must admit, one of those guys asked one of the dumbest questions I'd ever heard, one that could not be answered by the panel because it didn't apply to any one of them, and repeated the question at least 3 times when he wasn't getting the answer he wanted.

First he told us that he was in the movie business, on the tech end. His question was more of a rant and sounded something like this:

"Whenever I go to the movies there's always a tracking shot, taken behind a women walking alone down a street or an alley. I know there's gonna be trouble. Why do they do this? Why is this shot in every movie I see?"

WTF? What does a semi-common shot in films have to do with writing a thriller? What do any of the authors have to do with those shots in films? The panel, to their credit, did not do what my friend and I did, which was to turn to each other and say what is wrong with that idiot and why won't he pipe down. They each tried to answer his question politely, but the bottom line was...we aren't film directors and can't really answer your question.

So maybe my caption was a knock upside the head to that guy.

So maybe my caption was a knock upside the head to that guy.

It was a good shot. Yet with a slick, shiny head like that you risk any knock slipping right off.

I must admit, one of those guys asked one of the dumbest questions I'd ever heard, one that could not be answered by the panel because it didn't apply to any one of them, and repeated the question at least 3 times when he wasn't getting the answer he wanted.

First he told us that he was in the movie business, on the tech end. His question was more of a rant and sounded something like this:

"Whenever I go to the movies there's always a tracking shot, taken behind a women walking alone down a street or an alley. I know there's gonna be trouble. Why do they do this? Why is this shot in every movie I see?"

WTF? What does a semi-common shot in films have to do with writing a thriller? What do any of the authors have to do with those shots in films? The panel, to their credit, did not do what my friend and I did, which was to turn to each other and say what is wrong with that idiot and why won't he pipe down. They each tried to answer his question politely, but the bottom line was...we aren't film directors and can't really answer your question.

So maybe my caption was a knock upside the head to that guy.

Dan and I had the same reaction, really........WTF! Looked at each other and started up in our usual fashion, then had to calm down as we got a tad loud. By the way, thanks for the "fix-it"

Hey, who is that devilishly handsome young man in those pics? Must say, quite handsome....ahem.

Anywho....yea Maggers, that schmo in the front row needed to be thrown out the window. He just kept pounding the authors with the same dumb question over and over. I mean; they don't write like that, go complain to someone who cares.