This is me:
And this is Loren Estelman*:
Not so easy to confuse, right? And if you do, remember that one of us smells of haggis. I'll not say which one, I'm sure you can work it out.
Au revoir
Russel
*At least... I THINK that's that right way round...
7 comments:
What you really need is a picture of Loren Estleman from twenty-five years ago.
Much like Otto Penzler, I'm forever looking at people and thinking I know them only to realize they wouldn't STILL look like that.
Of course, I still think I look like that....
Great to meet you, by the way.
Oh... god... I'll get back to you when I stop laughing.
(There's a post online called "I'm not Sarah Weinman" from the other Sara, so you weren't the only one who adopted an identity on the weekend!)
In a few months, that other guy is gonna start getting mistaken for some weird Scottish dude...
From the Sarah Weinman doppleganger: I didn't catch on until halfway through the weekend that people were mistaking me for someone else - just thought people were remarkably friendly - http://tinyurl.com/3fluu2
Sorry I didn't get to meet you, Russel.
-Sara
http://sarainvermont.blogspot.com
John - - when he was younger, it seems Loren had a very ill-advised looking moustache... I've only had a moustache once, dressed up as Don Corleone for halloween.
Good to meet you, of course, and good to be on the wee panel with you as well.
Sandra - - looking more at the post, its even funnier when you realise (as my mum did) that Loren actually bears a a fair resemblance to my dad, so give it another few years, I'll probably look even more like him.
Angie - - I'm sure Loren'll be as flattered as I was. I mean, a bestselling, award winning PI writer's dream is to be mistaken for a wee, nyafffy scotsman...
Sara - - I heard of you in legend and sorry we didn't get the chance to meet. Anyway, hope you had a good con despite the confusion!
Here is a rather grainy picture of Loren way back when:
http://www.aabookfestival.org/Assets/authors_2007/loren_estleman.jpg
I don't know if I'm qualified to judge on whether there's a similarity - - I certainly never had a moustache...
Scarily, though, the older Loren looks rather like my Dad...
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