Wolfe Walks - my rant

Lisa Schaffer-Doggett · 26 Jul 2003, 03:34 · from urth-v0307.mbox · original

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From: Lisa Schaffer-Doggett <harlekin at earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: (urth) Wolfe Walks - my rant
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 20:34:39 -0700
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On Friday, July 25, 2003, at 11:58 AM, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes wrote:

> Ladies and Gentlemen, may I have your attention: Gene Wolfe has left=20
> the building.
>
> Wolfe has left the Odyssey workshop prematurely; his explanation is on=20
> the Locus Website.
>
> http://www.locusmag.com/2003/Features/Letters07.html
>
> --Blattid
>
>

That is utterly unbelievable.  What a pathetic lot of juvenile,=20
ungrateful, UNKNOWING, clueless idiots.  I don't even know where to=20
start.  How about why  bother to take a writing workshop if you can't=20
take honest criticism?  It pains me, pains me deeply to read that Mr.=20
Wolfe was treated that way.  He is a writer of the first caliber, a=20
truly unknown legend.  Those hacks should be grateful he even bothered=20
to read their most likely unreadable tripe.  Personally, I don't have=20
much use for writing workshops.  I think writing is far too individual=20
an art and the workshops are full of whiny idiots like these.  I'll end=20
this now with my paraphrase of Bukowski-  Where is something=20
interesting to read?   Wait.  Don't tell me.  I know. You wrote it.

Sadly true
Don

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