My characters rub off on me. This is both good and bad. Good because I develop interests in a wide range of topics that I otherwise would have zero interest in. Like surfing or vintage cars. There are times, though, when this isn't so good.
In the Work In Progress (WIP), my hero swears. A lot. One of his favorite phrases is F**k that, but he loves the F word in general. He doesn't limit himself either. There is much profanity.
So here I am at my day job, and since I've moved to Atlanta, I've tried to cull all swearing from my work vocabulary because I think there are some people who'd clutch their pearls figuratively speaking, of course. I'm not talking extreme language like the F word--I've never used that at work, at least not out loud. :-) But in Minneapolis, swearing was a little more accepted and I did do some of that.
I'm talking to my former boss's boss who is now promoted to the next level. He said something right on the money and what came out of my mouth? "No shit." sigh. I meant to say no kidding, really I did. I'm totally blaming my hero from the WIP for that slip.
