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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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glitteringlynx

December 12 2009, 04:29:23 UTC 11 years ago

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Not the best way to pass on news, but thought you'd want to know about this, if you hadn't heard:

Dr Peter Watts, Canadian science fiction writer, beaten and arrested at US border

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/12/11/dr-peter-watts-canad.html

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ysabetwordsmith

December 12 2009, 05:03:11 UTC 11 years ago

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... I've heard that in a couple places now.

Let me put it this way: If you do not live in America, do not come here for any reason. It is not an adequately safe or sane place to be or even approach. Borders that used to be largely a formality are now paranoid, risky, and getting worse. This is not the first such incident, and sadly won't be the last.

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glitteringlynx

December 12 2009, 05:11:36 UTC 11 years ago

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Yeah, I've heard so many horror stories both about crossing the border as well as dealing with the non-border US police.. and it didn't really matter whether or not you were a US citizen. It's very frightening, and not something to encourage tourism.

This is one of those reasons that if you do have to cross, it's better to use a method like a coach or train. You don't look as conspicuous if you're travelling with a rather public form of travel, compared to travelling on your own with a laptop and notepad. Sure, driving might be cheaper, but not at the risk of trauma like that.

ideealisme

December 12 2009, 14:40:32 UTC 11 years ago

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I read the link and saw that she created an LJ for her character. That tickles me. There's this evil waggon called Fionnuala in my novel who is crying out for her own LJ. Except that she'd never use it. Blogging is for all those silly, imaginative people who live in their own little world and don't wake up to reality (This is Fionnuala's POV, not mine!)

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.