Living Room

[ellen_kushner]

Did an "Ellen & Delia's Living Room" for the writing students at Hollins tonight:  a "come one, come all, we'll talk about writing & life" of the sort we used to do at Wiscon (and in our actual livingroom - the Wiscon thingie originated with Laurie J. Marks' undeserved comment, "I learned more about writing in Ellen & Delia's living room than in a

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[csecooney]

Yes! This is PERFECT! This is what I try to do, and what I'll keep trying to do, if it's the only good thing I ever do as an artist, ever.

[ellen_kushner]

There is, in fact, a young woman studying here who has just moved to Chicago - she's a protegee of Francesca Lia Block's - I told her she should at least get cosy with you on Facebook or something....

[taraljc]

I somewhat desperately wish I'd had you for my Creative Writing teacher at uni. Tho I think you'd have got on really well with Leslie Donovan, my Arthurian Lit prof :)

[only_fragments]

I am so jealous of your students, I could vomit.

(And I mean that as the highest compliment!)

[jay_of_lasgalen]

Any room for a late arrival??

[ellen_kushner]

I wish! I'm still trying to decide whether to make myself available for more 1:1 conferences next week with people who somehow unaccountably missed the signup sheet that's been up for weeks outside the dept. head's office (and her frequent emails re. same) - technically, my tenure as writer-in-residence ends this week, but actually I will still be here because Delia's teaching for the full 6 weeks. Hmm. . . . mercy or justice?

[lareinenoire]

I'm very, very jealous of your students! That sounds like a wonderful and amazingly productive evening. :)