May 2012
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Book club with authors
Suzanne Collins: "Finnick and Annie returned to district 4 and had a child togeth-"
JK Rowling: No no no! What are you doing, you can't let that character live. You have to be ruthless. You have to rip out the reader's heart.
Suzanne Collins: But he really doesn't need to die
JK Rowling: DO YOU WANT A BEST SELLER?!
Suzanne Collins: Yes bu-
JK Rowling: THEN KILL HIM
Stephenie Meyer: Hey Jo maybe you could help me with breaking daw-
JK Rowling: Be quiet Stephenie
Hazel: I wish I would just die, Patrick. Do you ever wish you would just die?
Patrick: Yes. Yes, of course. So why don't you.
Hazel: I don't know.
I couldn't tell them what I was thinking because it seemed cheesy to me, but I was thinking about the universe wanting to be noticed, and how I had to notice it as best I could. I felt I owed a debt to the universe that only my attention could repay, and also that I owed a debt to everybody who didn't get to be a person anymore and everyone who hadn't gotten to be a person yet.
