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Inside The Author's Head: Alasdair Stuart - The Eloquent Page
Q1. What is your favorite word? Either ‘plinth’ or ‘nostrum’. The second is a latin word which if I remember correctly translates as fake or illusory cure. Q2. What is your least favorite word? ‘maybe’ or ‘whatever’. Q3. How has social media helped your career? Well I pretty much have one because of it. My RPG career kicked off when I was in the right place at the right time and the podcasts I host are by definition social media. So it’s basically where I work. Q4. What would you say are the downsides to social media in your career? The sense you sometimes get of always being on. I went for a job a few months ago, via social media. Didn’t get it. I follow the people at the company I applied for and them tweeting their welcomes to the person who got the job I applied for, have to say, stuck in my craw a little bit. Likewise, the occasional virulent dislike I catch on the escape artists messageboards is hard to walk away from. It’s very easy to always remember the negatives even when the positives vastly outweigh them. Q5. What profession other than your own would...
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