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Post by ronmiller on Feb 7, 2020 12:08:53 GMT
I don't like it, at all. Can't console myself in any way. I want it gone. Tonight I am using a heated shoulder brace from Amazon. I hope it works. If I become a millionaire, or just rich, I will send you a healing item every month. Maggie,
For me the warm part of the year is less painful, and getting back to work outdoors carries its own aches and pains [due to recoditioning after getting deconditioned to certain activities]. It's all good.
At the end of the day every juniper timber I can set in place to control future erosion is worth the short-term discomfort.
One thing to consider is you can incorporate some of your discomfort into one of the characters in your novel. Characters with some real world concerns tend to be more believable. Getting old totally sucks...but, fortunately, there is no compulsion to grow up. Besides, no matter how many aches and pains I might have they are pretty much nothing compared with what Judith, my wife, has had to endure. She's beaten cancer four times in her life, most recently two years ago. That was her second bout with a lymphoma (the two previous times were breast cancer) so she had to undergo a stem cell transplant, a grueling procedure that took an entire summer and a year's recovery...all of which she went through not only without complaint but with a sense of humor. I don't think I could have done what she did in a million years.
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Post by ronmiller on Feb 7, 2020 12:09:50 GMT
That's a good idea, actually. She can have shoulder pain and miss all her devices. Or maybe a man...I don't think it would be as interesting in this case. They would stone h in for being too soft, back then.
I did an insane amount of work yesterday and today. Not so much pain, almost none. I felt asleep with my beautiful brace.
Give me a few names, Cameron--if you have any. Rose is too obvious. My full first name is too loaded. I need something loaded but not obviously.
Names are not so hard, given parameters.
Era, physical gender of the character, place of residence, and / or ethnicity go a long way toward names that fit the setting, in the present or past sense.
Names from the future, those are kind of a wing it thing unless you have a particular heritage the characters ultimately descend from.
Remember one thing, cultures in the far past usually weren't as into killing the non-conforming unless something like crop failures, social unrest, or epidemic diseases were an issue. What someone might run into in the future could be similar, or very different depending upon the situation.
One great source I have found for character names is the index to my world atlas.
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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on Feb 7, 2020 14:03:02 GMT
Maggie,
For me the warm part of the year is less painful, and getting back to work outdoors carries its own aches and pains [due to recoditioning after getting deconditioned to certain activities]. It's all good.
At the end of the day every juniper timber I can set in place to control future erosion is worth the short-term discomfort.
One thing to consider is you can incorporate some of your discomfort into one of the characters in your novel. Characters with some real world concerns tend to be more believable. Getting old totally sucks...but, fortunately, there is no compulsion to grow up. Besides, no matter how many aches and pains I might have they are pretty much nothing compared with what Judith, my wife, has had to endure. She's beaten cancer four times in her life, most recently two years ago. That was her second bout with a lymphoma (the two previous times were breast cancer) so she had to undergo a stem cell transplant, a grueling procedure that took an entire summer and a year's recovery...all of which she went through not only without complaint but with a sense of humor. I don't think I could have done what she did in a million years. My oldest daughter has times where she calls me silly, because I can act just like her or her siblings. I tell her getting old doesn't mean you have to give up. My spouse tells our oldest there's a kid hiding inside me, and to a point she's correct.
Your spouse is a fighter, and it's good to hear she kept her sense of humor. That's a combination that can help people survive seemingly insurmountable odds.
Often the best fictional characters are very much based on the realities of actual people.
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Post by ronmiller on Feb 7, 2020 17:01:14 GMT
Pretty much every novel I have written has featured a strong female protagonist, either as the main character---as in Velda, A Company of Heroes or The Iron Tempest---or as a major secondary character, as in Return to the Center, Dakkar or Return to Skull Island. In virtually every instance, the character has been inspired by Judith: either their appearance, their personality or both. Velda's appearance is one of the two or three exceptions, being based on my daughter, though her personality is Judith's. I really do think of her as a heroine. There is one character that Judith created herself: Captain Judikha of the Galactic Patrol. She invented the persona and created a costume to go along with it, which she would wear to science fiction conventions. When she came out on top after her second bout with breast cancer, I took some of the hundreds of photos I had of her as the Captain and celebrated her victory: io9.gizmodo.com/artist-helps-wife-fight-cancer-by-turning-her-into-a-se-5912058 The Captain even has her own Facebook page!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2020 18:12:01 GMT
Era! That's her name! Merci. If I were not so exhausted from removing truckloads of snow from my driveway with a broom, a dustpan, on my hands and knees and a huge shovel, I would tell you how brilliant you are.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2020 18:13:54 GMT
Maggie,
For me the warm part of the year is less painful, and getting back to work outdoors carries its own aches and pains [due to recoditioning after getting deconditioned to certain activities]. It's all good.
At the end of the day every juniper timber I can set in place to control future erosion is worth the short-term discomfort.
One thing to consider is you can incorporate some of your discomfort into one of the characters in your novel. Characters with some real world concerns tend to be more believable. Getting old totally sucks...but, fortunately, there is no compulsion to grow up. Besides, no matter how many aches and pains I might have they are pretty much nothing compared with what Judith, my wife, has had to endure. She's beaten cancer four times in her life, most recently two years ago. That was her second bout with a lymphoma (the two previous times were breast cancer) so she had to undergo a stem cell transplant, a grueling procedure that took an entire summer and a year's recovery...all of which she went through not only without complaint but with a sense of humor. I don't think I could have done what she did in a million years. So tired can't even keep track of who's writing what. I just saw the word Old. Ron, no one is getting old! Even twenty-year -olds have pain in the shoulder sometimes!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2020 18:45:48 GMT
Ron, your wife is Judith. I believe I remember. All this triple quoting and I'm not even sure who's writing.
I thoughtI had cancer this year due to lumps under my arm. I don't, thank God. But I have done an insane amount of research and the fear will now never leave me. I would like to share some of my witchery. If you are up to nontraditional healing, message me. I will give you two links.
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Post by ronmiller on Feb 7, 2020 18:54:46 GMT
Ron, your wife is Judith. I believe I remember. All this triple quoting and I'm not even sure who's writing. I thoughtI had cancer this year due to lumps under my arm. I don't, thank God. But I have done an insane amount of research and the fear will now never leave me. I would like to share some of my witchery. If you are up to nontraditional healing, message me. I will give you two links. When Judith went in for her stem cell transplant, all of the new patients gathered in one room. The doctor said, "Everyone who has Googled about their condition and about the transplant, please hold up your hand." Everyone raised a hand. "WELL, STOP IT!" The doctor was right. I do it to myself all the time. I can pretty much convince myself that I have any disease just by Googling.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2020 19:01:15 GMT
I know, it's insane. I should have ignored the lumps.
But, educating myself has been useful.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2020 19:02:47 GMT
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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on Feb 7, 2020 20:28:53 GMT
Pretty much every novel I have written has featured a strong female protagonist, either as the main character---as in Velda, A Company of Heroes or The Iron Tempest---or as a major secondary character, as in Return to the Center, Dakkar or Return to Skull Island. In virtually every instance, the character has been inspired by Judith: either their appearance, their personality or both. Velda's appearance is one of the two or three exceptions, being based on my daughter, though her personality is Judith's. I really do think of her as a heroine. There is one character that Judith created herself: Captain Judikha of the Galactic Patrol. She invented the persona and created a costume to go along with it, which she would wear to science fiction conventions. When she came out on top after her second bout with breast cancer, I took some of the hundreds of photos I had of her as the Captain and celebrated her victory: io9.gizmodo.com/artist-helps-wife-fight-cancer-by-turning-her-into-a-se-5912058 The Captain even has her own Facebook page! Ron,
I try to feature strong female characters in my work, not based on any one person I've known but the many women I've known who would kick butt and take names.
My spouse is very much a heroine. Every day she kept going back to her sworn duty [until she was medically retired] in her words was like walking into enemy fire. I don't deserve her.
I showed my spouse the article with Captain Judikha of the Galactic Patrol. First she said: "Cool." Second she said: "She's beautiful."
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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on Feb 7, 2020 20:31:08 GMT
I know, it's insane. I should have ignored the lumps. But, educating myself has been useful. It's actually not insane but fairly normal.
Doing the research doesn't hurt, worrying about it before you actually get a diagnosis does.
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Post by ronmiller on Feb 7, 2020 20:55:58 GMT
Pretty much every novel I have written has featured a strong female protagonist, either as the main character---as in Velda, A Company of Heroes or The Iron Tempest---or as a major secondary character, as in Return to the Center, Dakkar or Return to Skull Island. In virtually every instance, the character has been inspired by Judith: either their appearance, their personality or both. Velda's appearance is one of the two or three exceptions, being based on my daughter, though her personality is Judith's. I really do think of her as a heroine. There is one character that Judith created herself: Captain Judikha of the Galactic Patrol. She invented the persona and created a costume to go along with it, which she would wear to science fiction conventions. When she came out on top after her second bout with breast cancer, I took some of the hundreds of photos I had of her as the Captain and celebrated her victory: io9.gizmodo.com/artist-helps-wife-fight-cancer-by-turning-her-into-a-se-5912058 The Captain even has her own Facebook page! Ron,
I try to feature strong female characters in my work, not based on any one person I've known but the many women I've known who would kick butt and take names.
My spouse is very much a heroine. Every day she kept going back to her sworn duty [until she was medically retired] in her words was like walking into enemy fire. I don't deserve her.
I showed my spouse the article with Captain Judikha of the Galactic Patrol. First she said: "Cool." Second she said: "She's beautiful."
Please tell your heroine that my heroine says, "Thank you!"
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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on Feb 7, 2020 21:04:55 GMT
Ron,
I try to feature strong female characters in my work, not based on any one person I've known but the many women I've known who would kick butt and take names.
My spouse is very much a heroine. Every day she kept going back to her sworn duty [until she was medically retired] in her words was like walking into enemy fire. I don't deserve her.
I showed my spouse the article with Captain Judikha of the Galactic Patrol. First she said: "Cool." Second she said: "She's beautiful."
Please tell your heroine that my heroine says, "Thank you!" Message relayed. Milady Ellen's response was: "Uh, you're welcome." Milady tends to feel socially awkward these days as she learned Murphy's 3rd Law of Combat the hard way: "Don't be conspicuous -- It draws fire [This is why aircraft carriers are called bomb-magnets]".
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2020 21:05:21 GMT
I know, it's insane. I should have ignored the lumps. But, educating myself has been useful. It's actually not insane but fairly normal.
Doing the research doesn't hurt, worrying about it before you actually get a diagnosis does. Well, it was 13 days of waiting to know--13 days of madness and on my knees crying for mercy. I'm not as strong as I thought. A total crumbling weak woman.
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