La Vie Boheme

My first reading

Today I gave my first 'public' reading. As part of my Philosophy of Art class, we had what my professor calls "Art Day". In other words, we all had a chance to bring in our art. I read a couple of excerpts from "Midsummer". All in all, it was a pretty amazing experience. It was definitely well-received, I'd say. After class, one of my classmates came up and was very complimentary, both of the story and my comments on it. I ended up getting his email address so I could send him the entire story.

The best part though, was looking up while I was reading, and seeing all these eyes fixed on me, alive with interest, really into the little bit of story I gave them. The only real drawback to being an author is you usually miss that instant reaction to your work.

Interestingly, getting those segments ready to read aloud resulted in some neat revisions. Maybe I should read the rest of it aloud somewhere, see how much it improves. Also, the description of the story I gave the class actually brought out some themes and ideas I hadn't really thought about being there. All in all, a really satisfying experience.