Comments on: Clarion Week 2 Day 7 http://www.jordanlapp.com/clarion-week-2-day-7 Resources for the genre writer Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:34:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: wicked http://www.jordanlapp.com/clarion-week-2-day-7/comment-page-1#comment-2075 wicked Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:36:28 +0000 http://www.jordanlapp.com/withoutreallytrying/?p=348#comment-2075 Aww, you were just having an off day, Jordan. It probably wasn't as bad as you thought. I excel at foot-in-mouth comments. Happens to everyone. Aww, you were just having an off day, Jordan. It probably wasn’t as bad as you thought.
I excel at foot-in-mouth comments. Happens to everyone.

]]> By: Michael Ehart http://www.jordanlapp.com/clarion-week-2-day-7/comment-page-1#comment-2070 Michael Ehart Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:25:28 +0000 http://www.jordanlapp.com/withoutreallytrying/?p=348#comment-2070 Cowboy up, Jordan. You have the chops or you wouldn't be there. Its a tough program, and you have earned your way in. Everyone puts their foot in it occasionally. In fact, I wrote an example of my doing such just the other day, here: http://abandonedtowers.blogspot.com/2009/07/how-mike-resnick-and-goddess-of.html And I have other, far more horrifying examples that you may hear someday, but not before a stern application of ethanol. See you next Friday, and you can tell me than whether you need slapping around or a good stiff drink. I'll be happy to oblige either way :) Cowboy up, Jordan. You have the chops or you wouldn’t be there. Its a tough program, and you have earned your way in.
Everyone puts their foot in it occasionally. In fact, I wrote an example of my doing such just the other day, here: http://abandonedtowers.blogspot.com/2009/07/how-mike-resnick-and-goddess-of.html
And I have other, far more horrifying examples that you may hear someday, but not before a stern application of ethanol.
See you next Friday, and you can tell me than whether you need slapping around or a good stiff drink. I’ll be happy to oblige either way :)

]]> By: jordan http://www.jordanlapp.com/clarion-week-2-day-7/comment-page-1#comment-2067 jordan Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:55:55 +0000 http://www.jordanlapp.com/withoutreallytrying/?p=348#comment-2067 LOL! AWESOME! You're hilarious, gay! Thanks for the smile! LOL! AWESOME! You’re hilarious, gay! Thanks for the smile!

]]> By: jordan http://www.jordanlapp.com/clarion-week-2-day-7/comment-page-1#comment-2066 jordan Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:17:01 +0000 http://www.jordanlapp.com/withoutreallytrying/?p=348#comment-2066 Thanks Scott and Gay. Yeah, I remember a story that Stephen Kotowych, the WotF grand prize winner from the year before last, told about meeting Larry Niven and embarrassing the heck out of himself because he didn't realize that he was mumbling and Larry was hard of hearing. I suppose everyone has those moments. Nancy's local, so I know I'll have another chance to meet her. I'm looking forward to redeeming myself then. Scott, I think this is one of those things that works in reality, but if you incorporated it into a story, people wouldn't believe it. "No character would be that dumb", they'd probably say. :) Oh well. Thanks Scott and Gay.

Yeah, I remember a story that Stephen Kotowych, the WotF grand prize winner from the year before last, told about meeting Larry Niven and embarrassing the heck out of himself because he didn’t realize that he was mumbling and Larry was hard of hearing.

I suppose everyone has those moments. Nancy’s local, so I know I’ll have another chance to meet her. I’m looking forward to redeeming myself then.

Scott, I think this is one of those things that works in reality, but if you incorporated it into a story, people wouldn’t believe it. “No character would be that dumb”, they’d probably say. :) Oh well.

]]> By: gay degani http://www.jordanlapp.com/clarion-week-2-day-7/comment-page-1#comment-2065 gay degani Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:13:55 +0000 http://www.jordanlapp.com/withoutreallytrying/?p=348#comment-2065 OH dear. I want to announce that the above scenario is completely ficticious. I do not personally know Nancy Kress. I do not know if she has ever embarassed herself in public with any writer, emerged or not. And I want to apologize too to John Updike who may or may not have been a dick. I do not have any personal knowledge of this fact nor do I pretend to know anything about his personal life. I liked A and P. See Jordan, we all have embarassing lapses. OH dear.

I want to announce that the above scenario is completely ficticious. I do not personally know Nancy Kress. I do not know if she has ever embarassed herself in public with any writer, emerged or not. And I want to apologize too to John Updike who may or may not have been a dick. I do not have any personal knowledge of this fact nor do I pretend to know anything about his personal life. I liked A and P.

See Jordan, we all have embarassing lapses.

]]> By: gay degani http://www.jordanlapp.com/clarion-week-2-day-7/comment-page-1#comment-2064 gay degani Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:10:34 +0000 http://www.jordanlapp.com/withoutreallytrying/?p=348#comment-2064 Jordan, Oso is right. Foot-in-mouth is really common when emerging writers meet those emerged. I have actually stopped going to signings because of it. What can you say to someone when you see them so briefly? However in your situation, you have to schmooze. That's one of the main reasons for going. I doubt that you came across as poorly as you think you did. As a matter of fact you might have made an impression that will result in something good. One of them (I'm thinking Nancy Kress) might go back to her hotel room and while she's brushing her teeth, she remembers your "blue" comment and begins to smile. Laughs. Remembers your name. Most of the successful writers we meet have been in similar situations. Nancy Kress might remember, Oh yeah, back when I met John Updike, I accidently called him a dick. Jordan, Oso is right. Foot-in-mouth is really common when emerging writers meet those emerged. I have actually stopped going to signings because of it. What can you say to someone when you see them so briefly?

However in your situation, you have to schmooze. That’s one of the main reasons for going. I doubt that you came across as poorly as you think you did. As a matter of fact you might have made an impression that will result in something good. One of them (I’m thinking Nancy Kress) might go back to her hotel room and while she’s brushing her teeth, she remembers your “blue” comment and begins to smile. Laughs. Remembers your name.

Most of the successful writers we meet have been in similar situations. Nancy Kress might remember, Oh yeah, back when I met John Updike, I accidently called him a dick.

]]> By: Oso http://www.jordanlapp.com/clarion-week-2-day-7/comment-page-1#comment-2063 Oso Sun, 05 Jul 2009 15:31:53 +0000 http://www.jordanlapp.com/withoutreallytrying/?p=348#comment-2063 Foot-in-mouth is my specialty. I hear it becomes very common at a long workshop like CW. You have my empathy. Can you use that in a story? Foot-in-mouth is my specialty. I hear it becomes very common at a long workshop like CW. You have my empathy.

Can you use that in a story?

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