*g* I have a lot of friends who are Clarion grads, and it seems like 75% of SFF writers have been. I couldn't afford the tuition and the time off work when I was still eligible, or I would have loved to have gone.
And, you know. You're entitled to be obnoxious. ;-)
She came that way. Which sounds like a flip answer, but isn't--Jenny is one of those characters who showed up. very much herself, and was not amenable to anything but talking while I dictated.
I've seen it before with other authors, other characters, over the years. I've had a couple -- not yet officially published -- pop up that way myself, and the inspirations vary with each one...
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Date: 2006-02-22 12:14 am (UTC)Sorry about the Clarion miscall; I must have confused you with another writer. My capacity for remembering things is diminishing as I age.
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Date: 2006-02-22 01:41 am (UTC)And, you know. You're entitled to be obnoxious. ;-)
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Date: 2006-02-22 02:19 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2006-02-22 03:34 am (UTC)I guess by this point you no longer need be concerned with attending it.
So, was there a particular reason you made her Canadian? Or will that be evident when I get five more pages in?
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Date: 2006-02-22 11:07 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-02-23 02:37 am (UTC)