When I’m writing, it’s disconcerting how often things my mother said enter my consciousness. My mother has been deceased for over twenty years, so, to clearly see and hear her makes me smile.
While thinking of words of advice for my characters, her cliches scream:
Perfume should whisper and not shout
Marry for love but love where the money is (I should have taken this advice).
Trying to name my characters, I remember some of the people she knew who had funny names:
Kitty Pigeon
Miles Long
Annie Sex
And her pet peeves:
Very unique
Free gift
Widow of the late . . .
Am I weird or do most people have a voice of advice they hear while writing?
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