Comments on: The Other Authors Went to Wordstock and All I Got Was this Stupid T Shirt

By: David Rochester

David Rochester — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 05:45:00 +0000

I actually laughed out loud at both of your reply comments.

(The “actually” is not meant to imply that you’re not normally amusing — but rather, that it’s not common for me to laugh out loud whilst reading blogs, except for my own of course, which I find endlessly risible.)

By: bigdumbjim

bigdumbjim — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:21:00 +0000

I don’t think there are that many Portland authors. Apparently, there is some group called the Mountain Writers that dominates the NW Writers stage. I think they come down from ice caves like Yeti, and appear bearded and half-frozen and grunt into the microphone.

By: bigdumbjim

bigdumbjim — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:18:00 +0000

David,

You’re the epicenter of the Portland literary scene. You’re so underground, it’s scary. What aspiring Portland writer has not brushed shoulders with you? Sure, none of the “names” know you, but these are all has-beens. You’re the wellspring, the bulge about to blow.

I mean, to know what you know about whalebone corsets–there is just far too much in that.

By: David Rochester

David Rochester — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 06:11:00 +0000

I didn’t realize we had so many local authors that selection was necessary. But as you know, I’m out of the literary scene loop.

I had to check the short fiction finalists list to make sure none of the winners were people I’d turned down for the writers’ group. It’s been quite the year for turning people down. I didn’t recognize any of the names … *whew*.