Rebecca Eschliman <76072.2345@compuserve.com> asks:
> Do you ever deliberately set out to commemorate people you've
> known when you write a story? Do you find that, once you've
> written the story, you have inadvertently commemorated people
> you've known?

I don't know if commemorate is the right word for what you're
asking... you wanna take another stab at that and clarify? This can
cover everything from Tuckerizing to homage to using friends or
whatever.

jms

{original post had no questions}

"So, I suppose I meant "commemorate" in the way the post office does
-- recognizing those who have died."

Specific persons, no. I don't do that. Never have. I think,
in the case of someone I know who's passed away, it would be rude. I
don't think I could handle it. Over the years I've lost way too many
friends, and some wounds never entirely heal. Best to leave them
alone, and remember those friends as they were, not as they were bent
into fictionalizations.

jms