I just wanted to thank everyone who participated in the discussion of "Through and Through" for the JimmyAkin.Org Literary Club.
I also want to thank Tim Powers once again for granting permission for the story to be reprinted on the blog.
Though I labelled the meeting #1 in case I do it in the future, I wasn’t sure about whether there would be future meetings, but after seeing the level of interest that was displayed in continuing the venture, I’ll see what I can do about securing reprint rights to other stories that the group might be interested in.
These may not all have Catholic themes. I don’t know that there are enough obtainable stories out there that are Catholic themed–certainly not as much so as "Through and Through." Some future offerings may simply be stories that I find entertaining or interesting. We’ll have to see.
Also, as one perceptive person noted in the combox, I likely don’t have time to deal with unsolicited manuscripts, so the stories that get considered will tend to be already-published things (some published long enough ago to be public domain) that I run across and think might be worthwhile for the group.
I also wouldn’t want to commit to doing this "regularly," since that would put pressure on me to come up with stories on a particular schedule, and that pressure would tend to lower the quality of the stories offered for discussion. I’d rather keep the quality of the stories higher (according to my own, subjective determination) and have meetings on an irregular basis–just as pleasant surprises that show up as part of the mix.
So thanks once again to one and all for making the first meeting of the JA.OLC a success!
I think that your own, subjective determination of good stories will satisfy me quite well, and I’m very willing to wait on your pleasure to do this again. Thanks again, for the first meeting!
I have a small suggestion for the JA.O Literary (pub) Club. How about putting the 2006 Catholic Blog Awards on the wall?
Did I miss something? I read the story as soon as it was posted. It was a gripping tale that left me with a lot to think about. And a definite creeped out feeling!
But I never saw a place for discussion. Where did this discussion take place? I hate it that I missed it.
Franklin,
Discussion here: http://www.jimmyakin.org/2006/05/jao_literary_cl.html