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Conniption Virtue
Conniption Virtue asked Lois McMaster Bujold:

Dear Lois, A few times, Penric twists up a message before handing it off to be delivered; I assume as a security measure. Perhaps you would be intrigued to know* about "letter locking" which is an old this-world solution for same. There are several YouTube videos and a good website about it by Jana Dambrogio. *assuming you don't already know?

Lois McMaster Bujold Less security than temporary privacy, in Pen's case, in a moment when he had no sealing wax. Nope, I had not heard of letter locking before.

Ta, L.
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Marti Dolata
Marti Dolata asked Lois McMaster Bujold:

I just read a speech of yours from 2008 where you say to ask you later about your metaphor of genres as dog breeds. Could you give a reference for that, or repeat it here?

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Countercheck asked Lois McMaster Bujold:

One of the things I love about your books is the voices of the characters, both internal and in dialogue, which are so clear and distinct. I was wondering if you've ever written plays?

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Kate Davenport asked Lois McMaster Bujold:

The question about the demon's different personalities disagreeing made me wonder. Does a well developed demon like Desdemona have any thoughts that are separate than the previous hosts? Besides the urge to chaos. Penric refers to Desdemona as all of them collectively, but there also seems to be some sort of unity of thought when he isn't calling on a specific personality.

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