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andpuff

January blog the third

Jan 30, 2011 14:29

So the_ivorytower asked:

How much research do you wind up doing for your books? Particularly the Confederation books, since there's so much military "stuff" in it? What are the kinds of things that you think to research, and what are the kinds of things you'd *never* think to research, but you get poked about either by your friends, editors, or both? I'm deeply ( Read more... )

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the__ivorytower January 30 2011, 20:06:42 UTC

Thank you very much for answering my question, and your answer is fascinating!

(Also, I get very, very lost in Wikipedia following links of interest.)

andpuff February 1 2011, 00:30:34 UTC

Wikipedia can suck up an afternoon like nothing else...

the__ivorytower February 1 2011, 01:16:04 UTC

Except, perhaps, TVTropes.

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andpuff February 1 2011, 00:31:11 UTC

Kind of like that smell, only I'm guessing a lot less...

(also, yay, I got an A!!!)

spiderorchid81 January 30 2011, 20:48:44 UTC

This is a great post! The part about the "Blood" research made me laugh and I find it fascinating to read about the things that make a book work and how an author gets information on the most obscure things. And it's those small details that make me really love a book, so keep remembering weird things, please. ^_^

andpuff February 1 2011, 00:31:41 UTC

I have very little other than weird things in my memory... *g*

spiderorchid81 February 1 2011, 20:10:02 UTC

That's the spirit! ~_^

archangelbeth January 30 2011, 21:02:18 UTC

I've called up the police station before, too! Sadly, much of the stuff got trimmed. O:( (It was for a RPG supplement about Places Player Characters might wind up...)

heinous_bitca January 31 2011, 15:59:20 UTC

In Nomine, I'm guessing? :D

archangelbeth January 31 2011, 22:36:39 UTC

You guess correctly! You Are Here, specifically.

andpuff February 1 2011, 00:32:10 UTC

They're amazingly willing to talk about stuff...

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starmalachite January 31 2011, 00:28:49 UTC

Re dead chipmunk: when I was in grad school in Philadelphia one of those, or maybe a young squirrel, died inside my front driver's side car door. (It apparently crawled in via the 2-inch-square vent hole at some point). In *July*. There was no way to get it out without taking a blowtorch to & then replacing the door. If I'd had that kind of money, I'd have spent it on fixing the balky transmission that would go into reverse right away, but had to warm up for 10 minutes before it would go forward.

In short, I lived with that smell for the next 6 months. At least you didn't use your hot tub 5 days out of 7...

andpuff February 1 2011, 00:32:28 UTC

Okay. You DEFINITELY win. *g*