My mission today is to stay away from politics.
My thesaurus was bound to give me at least one difficult word to deal with. The definition of “emissary,” according to Google, is “a person sent on a special mission, usually as a diplomatic representative.” This screams of politics of course, and I really don’t want to talk about politics.
Let’s see what I can pull out of the synonyms to talk about instead: “agent,” “messenger,” oooh “spy,” and what’s this? “Plenipotentiary” – what’s one of those? Damn. “A person, especially a diplomat, invested with the full power of independent action on behalf of their government, typically in a foreign country.” Okay, so all those are out.
You know what I want an emissary to be? Me. I want to go on a mission to guide you, as a narrator, through my stories. I want to be the messenger for my characters. I want to be their representative. And in a way, that’s what an author is. The agent who relates the tale. The spy who knows all the players’ deepest, darkest secrets.
So there you have it. I hereby rename authors as emissaries. This is my plenipotentiary decree!
Yeah, I’m full of shit.
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April 8, 2017 at 11:03 am
I much prefer your definition of an emissary, Linda! 🙂
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April 9, 2017 at 9:31 pm
Why thank you, Judy. 🙂
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April 7, 2017 at 12:31 am
Good post
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April 6, 2017 at 10:45 pm
After tonight’s attack on Syria, I doubt any of us will be able to stay away from politics.
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April 7, 2017 at 11:19 pm
…I know. So sad and so scary.
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April 6, 2017 at 9:23 pm
Well, I have been called a Heretic… so I think Plenipotentiary sounds better… or Ambassador perhaps?
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April 7, 2017 at 11:20 pm
That’s an official sounding word. 🙂
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April 6, 2017 at 9:17 pm
I love how fancy almost all of that was
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April 7, 2017 at 11:21 pm
And I love how complimentary almost all your comment was. 😉 hehe
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April 6, 2017 at 6:06 pm
I like your definition! I don’t want to talk/hear/read about politics either! I bought your book recently and look forward to reading it in May.
Finding Eliza
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April 7, 2017 at 11:22 pm
Thanks so much, Kristin! I hope you enjoy it. 🙂
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April 6, 2017 at 4:40 pm
Congratulations on the emissary mission! I didn’t know how you were going to pull that one off! 😉
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April 7, 2017 at 11:22 pm
Haha! Neither did I. 🙂
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April 6, 2017 at 1:40 pm
Look at you … eating dictionaries and pooping out big words lol!!!
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April 7, 2017 at 11:25 pm
Haha! It’s a leftover from the toilet humour on One-Liner Wednesday. 😉 😀
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April 8, 2017 at 3:54 am
He he!!!
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April 6, 2017 at 12:58 pm
I’d rather hang with you than the official emissaries, any day
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April 6, 2017 at 12:59 pm
Yay!! 😀
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