Dear Muse

[jeriendhal]

No, Mark Vorkosigan does not need to have a psychotic-to-psychotic chat with Bothari's ghost in the family graveyard, especially with SPOILER kibbitzing. I've got to finish add more to The Summer Intern before it's time to get Nano-ing.

Speaking of which, I need names, preferably with characters attached. And a plot beyond Boy gets Recruited, Things Happen.

Comments

[ankewehner.livejournal.com]

It's hella confusing that "Miles" and "Mark" are both short and start with M.

[jeriendhal.livejournal.com]

You think that's confusing, let me introduce you to my family sometime.

Dad - Raymond (deceased)
Mom - Ruth
Eldest Sister - Robin
2nd Eldest Sister - Rae
Me - Royce

Fun part is it wasn't even intentional. Robin was from my mother's first marriage, and Mom didn't meet my dad until Robin was five years old. :)

[ankewehner.livejournal.com]

I broke it.
mom - Heidrun
dad - Heinz
maternal grandmother - Hiltrud
paternal grandfather - Helmut
paternal grandmother - Helene

I seem to remember reading some article claiming that on average, people are slightly more likely to marry someone whose first name starts with the same letter as their own than chance would suggest.

[chaypeta.livejournal.com]

Ah... friends of mine:

Husband - James
Wife - Joanne
Daughter - Jacinta
Kids placed in permanant care with them - Jeremy and Justin

[dan-ad-nauseam.livejournal.com]

If it wasn't for Carl Vorhalas and Galen, they wouldn't be short.

;-)

[mmegaera.livejournal.com]

Yes, he does. And I want to read it!

[siderea]

YES HE DOES.

[chaypeta.livejournal.com]

He does and he must.

Names and characters... random ideas coming up:

Lorenz Longhollow
Berthold (old German 'brilliant ruler')
Xanthe
Wytericca (Koori 'wattle')
Veshna
Oliver
Beagan (Gaelic 'little one')
Brychan (Welsh 'freckled')
Ignatia (Latin 'fiery, ardent one)

Personality traits:
Insightful but tactless and very superstitious to the point of annoying her friends.
A great fan of a particular author/philosophor/leader whom he likes to quote.
Appears generous but hides a secret stash from his friends. (query:what?)
Absent minded about dressing, sometimes forgetting to change clothes before going to sleep, known to stride out onto the street on some mission clad only in his briefs.
Broken hearted, nostalgic, living in the past but it's over something his friends find perculiar and like to tease him about.
Has a secret hobby usually associated with the opposite gender.
Repeatedly vows he will never attend another party again due to his habit of loosing control and doing something incredibly stupid everytime... until the next party which his friends once again have to rescue him from.

Okay... these are just the ramblings of a sleep deprived muse. Hope they help spark something actually useful to you.

[ankewehner.livejournal.com]

Berthold Brecht is a pretty famous writer... well, playwright, apparently.

Hey, that I know he's famous doesn't mean I have to know what he's famous FOR... XD