It was great to see all these students of Tom Spanbauer in one place celebrating his work. It was also nice to catch up with some of the other grandchildren of Tom (the students of his students).
P.S. That place looks like a great spot to hold future workshops.
If you let us battle it out on the little stage with sharpened sticks for the privilege to read our stories, they will write songs about this workshop until the end of humanity. I have that all on good authority from some of the singer songwriters and poets I hang out with here in Seattle. These Zoomers call it Rizz-maxing or something.
While on my way to an event on Hawthorne last week, I managed to find this year’s home for the annual display of the cellophane Santas. Big Ben Love is a pal and while I enjoyed these archaic, Eisenhower-era illuminations in the storefront off Mississippi Ave a few years back, seeing them closer up in the back room of Gigantic Brewing made me smile and tell Ben, “You gotta get Chuck in here to see this. It’s like an In Situ Santa Cacophany Society Memorial.”
The box of pins is very heavy. I'm also bringing Chuck caricature notebooks, coloring books, and Fight Club 2s. Supplies are limited, but it's a lot of stuff. All freebies.
Chuck, that Tom quote really feeds into my procrastination. The longer I keep putting off my story, I'm like, Tom said the longer it's incomplete the more beautiful it will be when it's done, so when year 2077 comes around, this short story be the most beautiful thing a human has ever created.
And it was nice watching the interview with This is Horror. If you ever go on again, please include more workshop horror stories, I could listen to those for days.
I love In the Cemetery Where Al Jolson is Buried. (Who doesn’t!) is it it true that was Hempel’s FIRST STORY?!?! Please do a an analysis of it sometime
Please click on the link and add any new Bios on last week's post. I'll look for them all in that one place.
It was great to see all these students of Tom Spanbauer in one place celebrating his work. It was also nice to catch up with some of the other grandchildren of Tom (the students of his students).
P.S. That place looks like a great spot to hold future workshops.
Right? I'm already talking to the Salon Rouge peeps about hosting a workshop. It's such a snug place, and the little stage is ideal.
And thanks for coming. Especially on such a cold, wet evening.
If you let us battle it out on the little stage with sharpened sticks for the privilege to read our stories, they will write songs about this workshop until the end of humanity. I have that all on good authority from some of the singer songwriters and poets I hang out with here in Seattle. These Zoomers call it Rizz-maxing or something.
You are a sigma writer of this generation.
Stigmata writer, nah I'm not Roman Catholic.
While on my way to an event on Hawthorne last week, I managed to find this year’s home for the annual display of the cellophane Santas. Big Ben Love is a pal and while I enjoyed these archaic, Eisenhower-era illuminations in the storefront off Mississippi Ave a few years back, seeing them closer up in the back room of Gigantic Brewing made me smile and tell Ben, “You gotta get Chuck in here to see this. It’s like an In Situ Santa Cacophany Society Memorial.”
I will stop in and take a look. Thanks.
How many pins are you going to give out Mr Palahniuk?
The box of pins is very heavy. I'm also bringing Chuck caricature notebooks, coloring books, and Fight Club 2s. Supplies are limited, but it's a lot of stuff. All freebies.
Oh! I was just wondering how many there would be for the lil' ol' online students. All that sounds fantastic for the in person meeting.
Speaking of short, ‘In The Animal Shelter’.
It is really calming to read what Tom had said about incomplete projects.
Chuck, that Tom quote really feeds into my procrastination. The longer I keep putting off my story, I'm like, Tom said the longer it's incomplete the more beautiful it will be when it's done, so when year 2077 comes around, this short story be the most beautiful thing a human has ever created.
And it was nice watching the interview with This is Horror. If you ever go on again, please include more workshop horror stories, I could listen to those for days.
I love In the Cemetery Where Al Jolson is Buried. (Who doesn’t!) is it it true that was Hempel’s FIRST STORY?!?! Please do a an analysis of it sometime
Noted. A story worth loving.