[inaudible conversations] good morning. We have a few coming in the back. There we go. My name is linda, and we are delighted to have you participate in the tenth annual savannah be book festival presented by Georgia Power and the Sheehan Family foundation. We are blessed to host such celebrated authors in the Trinity United Methodist church today which has been made possible by the generous generosity of kurt and linda anderson. Wed like to extend a special thanks to our literatety members and individual donors who have made and continue to make Saturdays Free festival events possible. Before we get started, theres always housekeeping. Immediately following the presentation, Terry Mcdonnell will be signing festivalpurchased copies of his book in the square. We have a new policy this year. If youre planning to stay for the next author presentation, please move forward into the venue so that the ushers can count the number of Seats Available for people coming in for it. Please, please t
Anderson. Wed like to extend a special thanks to our literatety members and individual donors who have made and continue to make Saturdays Free festival events possible. Before we get started, theres always housekeeping. Immediately following the presentation, Terry Mcdonnell will be signing festivalpurchased copies of his book in the square. We have a new policy this year. If youre planning to stay for the next author presentation, please move forward into the venue so that the ushers can count the number of Seats Available for people coming in for it. Please, please take a moment to turn off your cell phones, and we also ask that you do not use flash photography. And for the questionandanswer portion of todays session, its a little bit different than its been in years past. Please raise your hands, and an usher will bring a microphone to you. Terry mcdonnell is with us today courtesy of robert and diane levy and bill and nina wheel. Terry mcdonnell has won numerous awards for his edi
He is a friend and im proud to have him at this table. Welcome. It is good to have you here. Why did you decide and what was the point for this particular book . Was it one you always knew you had to write because it was your life and it involved the ideas of writing and the people, writers, that you care most about . Terry it felt like i would always write this book but it didnt at the beginning. When i was leaving time inc. , i went through files i had carried with me of 13 different magazines. I thought i traveled light. I found all kinds of stories, photographs of the relationship i had with these various writers and i thought the best way for me to show my own writing would probably be to write about these writers. I started telling those stories and then i started adding in things about the Media Business from the peak of the new journalism all the way to now, which made it a little bit about money so it became about that and what you have to do to be a writer but funnily, it tur
Writers. D he is a friend and im proud to have him here for the why did you decide in what was the point for this particular book . Was it one you always knew you had to write because it involved the ideas of writing and the people, writing, that you care most about. It felt like i would always write this book but it didnt at the beginning. I went through files i had carried with me of 13 different magazines. I found all kinds of stories, photographs of the relationship i had with these various writers and i thought the best way for me to show my own writing would be to write about these writers. I started telling those stories and adding in things about the Media Business from the peak of the new journalism all the way to now, which made it a it about money so it became about that and what you have to do to be a writer but funnily, it turned into a book about writers who became my friends. Charlie does one stand out more than anybody else . George, Hunter Thompson. Those guys. Lso jim
And by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and Information Services worldwide. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Rose Terry Mcdonnell is here. His career in magazine journalism spans more than four decades, 40 years. Hes edited some of this countrys influential magazine including outside, esquire, Rolling Stones and sports illustrated. He also worked with and befriended many literary writers. He chronicles his long life in publishing and in the world of letters in this new memoir, it is called the accidental life, editors notes on writing and writers. Hes a friend and im proud to have him at this table. Welcome, sir. Its great to be back. Rose good to have you here. So why did you decide and what was the point here for this particular book . Is it one you always knew that you had to write because it was your life and it involved the ideas writing and the people, writers, that you cared the most about. It feels now