I *am* genuinely curious, btw

[mmegaera]

Gacked from beatrice_otter:

I know very little about some of the people on my friends list. Some people I know relatively well. But here's a thought: why not take this opportunity to tell me a little something about yourself. Any old thing at all. Just so the next time I see your name I can say: "Ah, there's Parker ...she likes money and cereal." I'd love it if everyone who's friended me did this. (Yes, even you people who I know really well.) Then post this in your own journal [only if you feel inclined]. In return, ask me anything you'd like to know about me and I'll give you an answer*.

*Providing it's answerable/suitable for public posting.

And here's what I said on her journal:

I write historical fiction (with a bit of the fantastic, in the old sense of the term) set in the North American West. I quilt, and cross-stitch, and crochet, all of which combine to keep me from being destructive while trying to sit still (my mother taught me to crochet when I was very young because it was either that or find little piles of shredded paper in front of the TV in the mornings).

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[dfledermaus]

I love lima beans, and Grand Central Terminal in New York is my favorite building in the world, mostly for its innate beauty but also because it's still being used for its original purpose.

If you could step into a fictional character's life (either because you would like to be them or because you think you could do better at it than them), which one and why?

[mmegaera]

[stops, starts, stops again] But you see, that's why I started writing fiction. Or one of the reasons I did. So I could, theoretically at least, say that about every viewpoint character I've ever written.

I've never really had the urge to do that with other people's characters. I enjoy them, but I don't feel that way about them.

Sorry [wry g].