Interview with Frank Portman, Author of King Dork - Page 4

Why did you decide to add a glossary? Are those your opinions or that of the author?

The glossary is in the narrator's "voice." Originally, the idea was to define some of the more obscure terms for readers with poor Google skills, but it soon took on a Biercean life of its own.

You criticize epilogues, using this definition Epilogue: "Just when you think the book is over, there are suddenly like twenty more pages to go, because some writers just don't know when to stop. Don't read epilogues: it will only encourage them." But then you have your own epilogue. So what's the deal with that seeming contradiction?

You have spotted the irony.

Whose opinion was this, also in the glossary? The Doors: "There is an extremely well-organized conspiracy among boomers to cultivate the fiction that this band doesn't totally suck. The worst thing in the history of the universe."

That is one of Tom's opinions about music that I do happen broadly to share.

What do you think of this review? I love the comparison between your book and Harry Potter. (Warning: Adult subject matter)

I think it's a great piece. It was one of the earliest reviews to come out and I remember the feeling of relief when I realized "wow, people seem to be 'getting' this book."

(More information about the book and author are available at his website and at the Amazon page for the book. At the Amazon page you can listen to some of the songs Henderson performs in the book.)

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