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: Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
2009-12-11 21:34:00

Elizabeth Barrette
ysabetwordsmith
2009-12-11 21:34:00

Mood: busy

Food for Thought, Across the Worlds

janetmiles mentioned to Doug, who mentioned to me, that another writer is talking about getting food ideas from her characters. I am amused and pleased.

Tags: food, networking, writing

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filkferengi

December 19 2009, 17:58:01 UTC 11 years ago

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Characters can certainly teach us a lot. I once had an rpg priest character from a mercantile background whose classic quote was, "Virtue need not be unprofitable." That's when I started getting in touch with my ferengi side & meeting & networking with other filkers to swap great music.

There used to be a court trustee with the last name Broadfoot. A few years later, when the hobbit character of that name [I *had* to use it; you know I did] was telling me how beautiful & useful broad feet were, it eased enormously the trauma of hitting middle age & starting to wear the same shoe size as my mom. :)

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ysabetwordsmith

December 19 2009, 18:28:00 UTC 11 years ago

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>> Characters can certainly teach us a lot. I once had an rpg priest character from a mercantile background whose classic quote was, "Virtue need not be unprofitable." <<

I love that!

Among my favorite sayings that originated with my characters are "Gently if possible, firmly if necessary" and "If you can't lower the price, raise the profit." (The latter actually refers to costly personal lessons, rather than cash.)

My first glimpse of good sportsmanship, a sense I do not natively have, came from my centaur archer Bayfeather. I like to pick something I don't have and run a roleplaying character with it, to see if I can pick it up. But I can get things from writing characters too -- it's taken about 20 years, but my desertfolk's math knack has started to rub off on me. Very disconcerting, since I myself am no good at math and this is a totally different talent than the human standard version, but it has its uses.