tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195795672775264803.post8245124808060632137..comments2023-06-21T02:18:58.281-07:00Comments on Repeating History: The things I never wanted to learn aboutM. M. Justushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10695486138971352978noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195795672775264803.post-14716349800886297952010-03-17T21:15:00.179-07:002010-03-17T21:15:00.179-07:00I ought to write a post on the things people have ...I ought to write a post on the things people have questioned my research on, but I don't want to sound too bitter [wry g].<br /><br />As for talking to critters in their own language, I'm always dubious as to what I'm actually saying to them (I hope I haven't been swearing at my cats all these years...).M. M. Justushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10695486138971352978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195795672775264803.post-1192366838323019792010-03-17T20:28:23.845-07:002010-03-17T20:28:23.845-07:00If not a book, how about a series of posts? I sus...If not a book, how about a series of posts? I suspect it'd make for fascinating [albeit frustrating, for you] reading.<br /><br />I wouldn't say my characters have made me go out & learn new stuff per se; it's more of a general awareness. For example, since getting in touch with the inner hobbit, I take extra good care of my feet. Because of the wood-worker, I notice more details about wood. <br /><br />I've been accosted by some grackles recently & looked them up. Of course, I converse with corvids regularly so, if the grackle isn't my totem critter, maybe crows or ravens are. They usually answer when I vocalize at them. You have to be careful with that sort of thing, though. As I told ze spouse just yesterday, "When you claim a thing, it claims you."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195795672775264803.post-21727808404639947112010-03-13T17:12:54.063-08:002010-03-13T17:12:54.063-08:00Oh, yes. The stench, the agony, the whole nine ya...Oh, yes. The stench, the agony, the whole nine yards (gangrene is a dreadful way to die).<br /><br />As for people who don't believe your research is correct, I could write a book on the subject [sigh].M. M. Justushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10695486138971352978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195795672775264803.post-71949708085854937322010-03-13T08:44:39.681-08:002010-03-13T08:44:39.681-08:00Interesting post. Gangrene is nasty stuff. I hope ...Interesting post. Gangrene is nasty stuff. I hope you included the unmistakable stench as a description. lol. <br /><br />For my completed novel, I had to research interrogation techniques used by the CIA. How an American enemy combatant is treated, held, their mental state, etc. Considering there are only three that meet that criteria (not the Gitmo prisoners), it was finding a needle in a haystack.<br /><br />I read pages and pages of transcripts from actual interrogations, and yet, I had one reader tell me that my character wasn't acting angry enough. *sigh* If I learned anything, it was that the prisoners are mostly docile when in custody. <br /><br />For my current WIP, I too, am trying to learn about motorcycles and motorcycle gangs in present day. I've never even ridden on one, but fortunately, I have a very good friend who has. I intend to pick her brain. :-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13267066733031149882noreply@blogger.com