Make It Stop.
Jul. 20th, 2011 09:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
You know it's been a long day when you consider plots centered around the illicit affair between Jack Harkness and the founder of the NGO for whom you work during your New Employee Orientation seminar.
Eglantyne Jebb.
Shut up.
I think it may be time for bed.
In other news, here is a conversation I had with my mother the other day:
Mom: So, I have a question for you.
Me: Okay.
Mom: You know how a writer is supposed to write what they know?
Me: Yes...
Mom: You aren't a gay man!
Thanks, Mom, for noticing. I'm really glad we cleared that up; it had been bothering me for a while now. (I am also not immortal, nor do I hunt aliens, nor do I have a pet dinosaur. I'm not having an affair with my boss, I don't wear suits, and I really did NOT have a partially converted cyberwoman stored in my employer's basement, no matter what anyone tells you. These facts did not seem to concern her as much.)
Eglantyne Jebb.
Shut up.
I think it may be time for bed.
In other news, here is a conversation I had with my mother the other day:
Mom: So, I have a question for you.
Me: Okay.
Mom: You know how a writer is supposed to write what they know?
Me: Yes...
Mom: You aren't a gay man!
Thanks, Mom, for noticing. I'm really glad we cleared that up; it had been bothering me for a while now. (I am also not immortal, nor do I hunt aliens, nor do I have a pet dinosaur. I'm not having an affair with my boss, I don't wear suits, and I really did NOT have a partially converted cyberwoman stored in my employer's basement, no matter what anyone tells you. These facts did not seem to concern her as much.)
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Date: 2011-07-21 05:23 pm (UTC)And hehe, well, I think the key to being a successful writer is being able to recognize what similarities you may have with ALL of your characters, including those that don't resemble you in the most obvious ways, right? Right. >_>