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   Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Friday, 15-Nov-2024 20:20:48 JST Charlie Stross

   #WritersCoffeeClub 15
   What do you owe the real people you base your characters on?

   What real people?

   (I try *very hard* not to base my characters on identifiable people—they're generally a mashup of different peoples' quirks. I have *occasionally* used someone identifiable for about 70-80% of a character—but generally ask permission first. I'll only go to 100% without permission using a model who is either dead or who I despise so violently I'll happily face them in court.)

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     Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Friday, 15-Nov-2024 20:35:37 JST Charlie Stross

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     • Piers Cawley

     @pdcawley Yes you did! And he was a regular drinking friend and local to me. (Past tense, he died in 2020—not from COVID.)

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     Piers Cawley (pdcawley@mendeddrum.org)'s status on Friday, 15-Nov-2024 20:35:38 JST Piers Cawley

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     @cstross Could've sworn I recognised at least one specific ex-CiX reprobate in the Rule 34 novels.

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     Joe (hungryjoe@functional.cafe)'s status on Friday, 15-Nov-2024 20:38:14 JST Joe

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     @cstross Presumably the references to members of the Tory Government in the Laundry books don't count because of the word "People"?

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     Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Friday, 15-Nov-2024 20:38:14 JST Charlie Stross

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     • Joe

     @hungryjoe I think "… or who I despise so violently that …" covers them.