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Charlie Stross
Charlie Stross
@cstross@wandering.shop  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

#PennedPossibilities 876 — Does your MC like being the center of attention? Why or why not?

Current WIP: both Jum and Tabitha avoid it like the plague because they're career criminals and con artists—attracting attention is *dangerous*.

Older work, eg. Laundry Files: it varies? Bob hates it but has had to be interviewed live on national TV in the course of his work. Mo has a side-line as a lecturer. And so on. Merchant Princes: Miriam ends up in politics—spotlights are unavoidable. And so on.

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Grievous Angel
Grievous Angel
@grievousangel@ravenation.club replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

@cstross A lot of your novels have a theme of “put introverted geeks in a situation where they are unwillingly the subject of extreme attention while also exercising significant geek power”

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