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She comes clean to readers, but not to the world. Her obituary says Iris was "sister of noted local authoress Laura Chase."

Which sort of goes back to the first post about whether Iris is likeable or not. Most people don't like characters who give up. I don't. It does seem like people are much more interested in a nymphet than a Canadian woman who make bad choices. I can't say that I blame them.

Springsteen has already written a song about that: not exactly a Broadway tune though.

I read The Amber Room. You might like it.

It's a hot ticket. The first couple of months are booked solid. It'll probably hit Broadway. Maybe instead of being stunned, Wabbit should have a little more confidence in his ideas and become a producer.;)

I have tickets. I'll let you know what I think. Published: Sunday, February 05, 2006 TORONTO (CP) - Despite a two-day delay to fine-tune the production and some first-night mistakes, theatregoers say the new Lord of the Rings musical has been worth the wait. The Toronto show had its...

Does the assassin need to be a person? Could it represent something else? Iris blindly does what's expected of her. It leads to her sister's death and it kills a part of her. I don't know. That is the part of the book I remember least. I think I remember, however, that the assassin was...

I feel like I need to participate in order to fit in here. (Pointing out the obvious errors in Stewart's anti Dan Brown rants is fun, but if I want to be a full-fledged member of The Book Forum I feel like I need to participate in a discussion about the thematic significance of expensive...

Maybe subconciously. You don't need to answer if you don't want to. I'm just trying to have a conversation. (I rarely read estrogen soaked literary tales. I never discuss them in depth. I'm enjoying our chat.) I don't know if you're enjoying our conversation, but you started it.;)

Many things, but if I remember correctly Iris never comes clean about who wrote The Blind Assassin. Is that right? How come?

Was it more difficult than saying no, or easier than saying no?

Bad poetry can work. I showed my wife bad poetry on our first date. We were married on Valentine's Day.

I called mine a "blank character profile," but I'm not a poet. I really think strong characters are all you need to get started. Then, put them into conflict and see what happens. If nothing interesting happens, you need better characters, more conflict, higher stakes or all three.

I made this list. By "bible," I mean what does a character put their faith in. A typical scientist would put his faith in observable facts. A young child would probably believe whatever their mom told them. (Of course, if their faith is challenged, the story is more interesting.)...

No. If Laura's intent was to look after her sister, then she clearly made a mistake no?

If you can write something as good as Sophie's Choice, I look forward to reading it.

Confused characters can be interesting. Confusing readers is almost always a bad idea.

I'm more like a sadistic teacher. (I'm just like every other Canadian; my highly school English teacher graphically demonstrated how to torture an Atwood reader on a daily basis.) If I'd been allowed to read "Catcher in the Rye" you'd be getting off easy right now.;)

I guess my point is that when Iris does what is expected of her, things turn out miserably. When she goes against society she gets all sweaty, hot and happy. So why so much support for Iris taking the easy way out and just doing what is expected of her? And why no anger at the father...

OK. It was a long time ago that I read it, but if I remember correctly, the rich woman who has the affair in "The Blind Assassin" sounds an awful lot like Iris. So if it was Iris, she didn't always do what was expected of her, did she?