James Ellroy Coming to The O.C.
Submitted by marse on Sat, 11/13/2010 - 12:50pm
Mr. Ellroy will be signing books after the Q&A - books will be available for purchase.
When: November 13, 2010 10:00am
Where: Regency South Coast Village Theatre, 1561 W. Sunflower Avenue, Santa Ana CA 92704 - across from South Coast Plaza
This is a Free Event.
I never knew her in life. She exists for me through others, in evidence the ways of her death drove them. Working backward, seeing only facts, I reconstructed her as a sad little girl and a whore, at best a could-have-been—a tag that might equally apply to me. I wish I could have granted her an anonymous end, relegated her to a few terse words on a homicide dick’s summary report, carbon to the coroner’s office, more paperwork to take her to potter’s field. The only thing wrong with the wish is that she wouldn’t have wanted it that way. As brutal as the facts were, she would have wanted all of them known. And since I owe her a great deal and am the only one who does know her entire story, I have undertaken the writing of this memoir.
"The Black Dahlia" by James Ellroy
Well that was something to
Well that was something to behold. You did a masterful job with the interview portion of the event, Mark.
Mr. Ellroy was simply bombastic in every sense of the word and almost too hot to handle. The simple truth seemed that we all could or could not have attended and Mr. E would have been happy either way.
However I for one would have missed a great learning opportunity as to what makes such a fertile mind produce literary works akin to the musical perfection of Ellroy’s hero Beethoven.
Bravo!
Bob Semerau
Thanks!
Marc et. al. --
Thanks for putting this on. Was enormously impressed with the get. Can't for the life of me figure out how we were so honored for get him, but very glad you were able to pull it together.
Looking forward to the next one.
Networking Is Important
Hey, Paul, sorry I didn't get a chance to say hello today. I saw you and then I didn't.
James Ellroy came to us because he's a very gracious human being and because I know people from working in the business. In the end, it's about relationships and networking as much as talent.
Thanks for coming!