I'm afraid that's still overdone to me. I'm not just talking about the outright military and Nazi aspects that everyone knows about. I mean all of it. History is one of my passions (I moderate a history forum) - I've seen it all many, many times.
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I'm afraid that's still overdone to me. I'm not just talking about the outright military and Nazi aspects that everyone knows about. I mean all of it. History is one of my passions (I moderate a history forum) - I've seen it all many, many times.
That argument can be made about all forms of literature, every genre, every plot. Literary fiction, commercial fiction all of it.
It is a complaint made by critics for generations. I am not that interested in it.
That you are bored with a particular subset of fiction, contributes little to a conversation.
Meanwhile I am having fun writing.
You're entitled to feel that way, in the same way as I'm entitled to feel the way I do about WW2 fiction.
Why shouldn't be a traffic division in the Rome "police"? They could try to "police" unruly farm-cart drivers, and uppity senators in quadrigas ... and stuff like that.
It's fun ... but like I said, it's not the majority of the book. 
My turn now:
"JLT" is an initialism for "John LaTorre." It became my nickname when I was a foreman in a sail loft. When I was needed downstairs, it wouldn't do for somebody to go to the factory floor and yell out "John" because there were already two other people with that name. They also tried "Johnny" but that didn't work because the boss's nickname "Jean-Mi" (short for Jean-Michel) sounded too close to that. So they settled on "JLT" and that's been my nickname ever since.
The avatar is taken from a picture of me with a bottle of cheap red wine labeled... I'm not kidding... "Cheap Red Wine." Sadly, it's no longer made, and I wish I'd kept the bottle. The VW bus behind me with the raised top is "George," the centerpiece of my book On The Bus: Four Buses, Forty Years, and 400,000 Miles.
"JLT" is an initialism for "John LaTorre." It became my nickname when I was a foreman in a sail loft. When I was needed downstairs, it wouldn't do for somebody to go to the factory floor and yell out "John" because there were already two other people with that name. They also tried "Johnny" but that didn't work because the boss's nickname "Jean-Mi" (short for Jean-Michel) sounded too close to that. So they settled on "JLT" and that's been my nickname ever since.
The avatar is taken from a picture of me with a bottle of cheap red wine labeled... I'm not kidding... "Cheap Red Wine." Sadly, it's no longer made, and I wish I'd kept the bottle. The VW bus behind me with the raised top is "George," the centerpiece of my book On The Bus: Four Buses, Forty Years, and 400,000 Miles.
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'Generic Human' seemed to fit since I'm new to writing and have no real "writing identity." Maybe the picture will change once I figure out if I can actually write and if so, who I will be as a writer.
sianablackwood
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My username is a character name I thought of and never used, and when I started doing stuff online I thought it sounded like a cool pen name.
My icon is a reworking of Nyan Cat using a LibreOffice Calc icon for the body and a stream of wordcounts instead of the rainbow trail. The character's name is The Silver Spreadsheet, and it's the result of one of those 'what would your superhero identity be?' discussions.
My icon is a reworking of Nyan Cat using a LibreOffice Calc icon for the body and a stream of wordcounts instead of the rainbow trail. The character's name is The Silver Spreadsheet, and it's the result of one of those 'what would your superhero identity be?' discussions.
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I used a raven with glasses to show how I have an interest in the spirit world and in literature. The church steeple is not really related to religion, but speaks to an interest in the battle between escapism and existentialism. The brooding apocalyptic sky is symbolic of an impending trouble that I usually like to hide behind happy and pretty things in my writing.
What I also like about the raven is its ability to escape in flight, gaining perspective on its problems and reprieve from its challenges. Wish I could do that myself sometimes haha.
What I also like about the raven is its ability to escape in flight, gaining perspective on its problems and reprieve from its challenges. Wish I could do that myself sometimes haha.
