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Sun, Oct 28 2012 22:19:50

Michael Merschel covers the 2012 Texas Book Festival

A collection of tweets from the annual event in Austin.

  1. mmerschel
    Michael Merschel@mmerschel
    As #dmnbooks preps for the Texas Book Festival, here's some practical tips. (Most crucial: It's the shoes.) bit.ly/P5K4ZR #txbf
    Thu, Oct 25 2012 11:05:57
  2. mmerschel
    Michael Merschel@mmerschel
    So these #txbf authors -- we've written about a bunch of them. Read and learn. #dmnbooks bit.ly/RnttyN
    Fri, Oct 26 2012 08:12:51
  3. Awesome jukebox at Waffle House on I-35. #txbf trip off to a good start. http://pic.twitter.com/xgIvmEaA
    Michael Merschel@mmerschel
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    Fri, Oct 26 2012 11:25:06
  4. mmerschel
    Michael Merschel@mmerschel
    Several authors won't be attending the Texas Book Festival as planned. http://artsblog.dallasnews.com/?p=5597 #txbf #dmnbooks #txbf
    Fri, Oct 26 2012 11:58:56

  5. The first day

  6. mmerschel
    Michael Merschel@mmerschel
    Day that has Texas-shaped waffles AND great books has to go well, I thought, just as hotel guest incinerated microwave oatmeal. #ick
    Sat, Oct 27 2012 07:09:07
  7. mmerschel
    Michael Merschel@mmerschel
    As people in room looked around confusedly, lost in acrid fog, it was almost like being back in that modern lit analysis class. #hey-o
    Sat, Oct 27 2012 07:16:03
  8. mmerschel
    Michael Merschel@mmerschel
    It's a cold day in Texas. And in related news, I am waiting to hear Tony Danza speak. About a book. He wrote. #dmnbooks #txbf #endtimes
    Sat, Oct 27 2012 07:53:09
  9. mmerschel
    Michael Merschel@mmerschel
    Gonna be honest: I didn't know whether Danza would be much of a draw, but theater is near full. Guess we know who's the boss. #txbf #sorry
    Sat, Oct 27 2012 08:01:43
  10. mmerschel
    Michael Merschel@mmerschel
    Danza had a wrestling coach who also loved musicals. This explains a lot, somehow. #txbf #dmnbooks
    Sat, Oct 27 2012 08:14:59
  11. mmerschel
    Michael Merschel@mmerschel
    Danza recounts a fascinating career, now talking about how he ended up teaching English. "I know that's ironic." #txbf #dmnbooks
    Sat, Oct 27 2012 08:28:23
  12. mmerschel
    Michael Merschel@mmerschel
    He's quoting Shakespeare. End times defintely here. #txbf #dmnbooks
    Sat, Oct 27 2012 08:32:47
  13. mmerschel
    Michael Merschel@mmerschel
    Note to my teacher friends: Tony Danza is a good ambassador for you. #txbf #dmnbooks #strangebuttrue
    Sat, Oct 27 2012 08:48:29
  14. mmerschel
    Michael Merschel@mmerschel
    As for fame: Danza says some of his students said that their mothers knew who he was. "I was happy it wasn't grandmothers." #dmnbooks #txbf
    Sat, Oct 27 2012 08:30:11
  15. mmerschel
    Michael Merschel@mmerschel
    Blogging from the Texas Book Festival: I should not have dissed Tony Danza: bit.ly/XEOitB #txbf #dmnbooks
    Sun, Oct 28 2012 07:03:24
  16. Venue for my next session, on families and fiction: #txbf #dmnbooks http://pic.twitter.com/LzQCE4gI
    Michael Merschel@mmerschel
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    Sat, Oct 27 2012 08:59:36
  17. mmerschel
    Michael Merschel@mmerschel
    About to see @jamiattenberg,Elizabeth Crane, Maria Semple discuss fictional families falling apart in Texas House chamber. #txbf #dmnbooks
    Sat, Oct 27 2012 09:15:24
  18. mmerschel
    Michael Merschel@mmerschel
    Our critics loved Attenberg & Semple, so I am eager to hear them. artsblog.dallasnews.com/2012/10/texas-… #txbf #dmnbooks
    Sat, Oct 27 2012 09:19:40
  19. mmerschel
    Michael Merschel@mmerschel
    Maria Semple on the oft-quoted line, All happy families are the same: "That's the worst observation ever." #txbf #dmnbooks
    Sat, Oct 27 2012 09:32:07
  20. mmerschel
    Michael Merschel@mmerschel
    Semple on finding humor in family pain: "You can turn it to comedy, or it can destroy you." #txbf #dmnbooks
    Sat, Oct 27 2012 09:36:45
  21. mmerschel
    Michael Merschel@mmerschel
    It took @jamiattenberg 20 years to find humor in events that inspired her novel. "It's funny NOW." #txbf #dmnbooks
    Sat, Oct 27 2012 09:38:27
  22. mmerschel
    Michael Merschel@mmerschel
    Semple on writing unlikable character: I believe that if you love it, readers will love it. Suggests this as a motto for writers. #txbf
    Sat, Oct 27 2012 09:57:45
  23. mmerschel
    Michael Merschel@mmerschel
    Has @jamiattenberg done family therapy? "I just write books instead." #txbf #dmnbooks
    Sat, Oct 27 2012 09:59:43
  24. mmerschel
    Michael Merschel@mmerschel
    Therapist in audience suggests that instilling a narrative is one of the best things a parent can do. Will have to go draft one now. #txbf
    Sat, Oct 27 2012 10:07:00
  25. mmerschel
    Michael Merschel@mmerschel
    Putting the fun in family dysfunction w/@jamiattenberg, Maria Semple, Elizabeth Crane. (Old pun, but fits here.) bit.ly/U7adVc #txbf
    Sun, Oct 28 2012 07:06:43

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