From: ikonoqlast@gmail.com   
      
   On Thursday, July 24, 2014 4:05:46 PM UTC-7, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:   
      
      
   > >So, in lieu of actually, you know, writing, I feel the urge to dick around.   
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   > >My question for you, are the following characters acceptably plausible?     
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   > None of these seem unrealistic on the face of it; you're going to   
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   > have to develop some of them further.   
      
      
   Well, duh.  This was just their rough outline.     
      
      
      
      
      
   > Are all those characters going to fit into one novel?  Or is it a   
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   > series and are you channeling Harry Turtledove?  :)   
      
      
   Yep, but most are secondary.  I don't plan on giving them all plots in one   
   book or anything.  They'll basically get their descriptive scene and otherwise   
   just be around.     
      
   My real problem is being parsimonious with detail and backstory.  By training   
   and inclination I am an applied mathematician, not a writer.  Fortunately that   
   application is in economics, which gives me a handle on people (yes, really)   
   so I have some    
   understanding of them and something to say about them.   
      
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