What a great evening! I opened 'Blue' and discovered that I had already completed Chapter Thirty-one and was more than halfway done with Chapter Thirty-two! Whoo hoo! Who knew!
I took my own advice as a wee wave of worry swept over me (couldn't pass up a bit of alliteration). I let the Muse do the work. I put my fingers on the keyboard and the Muse took over. Thank goodness. Where has she been? Sick. Yup. But she's back.
Finished Chapter Thirty-two tonight. Will, of course, edit it within the next few days. But it's done and it feels good.
For this chapter, I had to research the landscape that our hero/heroine found her/himself in. Kind of like the geysers and such at Yellowstone National Park in the USA. http://blog.martinbelan.com/2010/10/photographing-geothermal-activity-at-yellowstone/
I've been to Rotorua in New Zealand. That's pretty neat, too. But I needed something more. http://www.exploring.co.nz/North_Island/Bay_of_Plenty/Rotorua/
I discovered this stupendous place on the far east coast of Russia. Part of the Kamchatka Peninsula. Awesome landscape and just what I needed. I found it awhile back (before I needed it) on a PBS program and saved it to my DVR. Watched it again tonight, knowing full well I had to 'see' what my characters were seeing. I think this makes a huge difference. http://amazingdata.com/amazing-landscape-of-kamchatka-volcano-crater/
I've been to Rotorua in New Zealand. That's pretty neat, too. But I needed something more. http://www.exploring.co.nz/North_Island/Bay_of_Plenty/Rotorua/
I discovered this stupendous place on the far east coast of Russia. Part of the Kamchatka Peninsula. Awesome landscape and just what I needed. I found it awhile back (before I needed it) on a PBS program and saved it to my DVR. Watched it again tonight, knowing full well I had to 'see' what my characters were seeing. I think this makes a huge difference. http://amazingdata.com/amazing-landscape-of-kamchatka-volcano-crater/
Always nice to discover you are further along than you thought you were!
ReplyDeleteI know exactly what you mean about needing to see what your characters are seeing. I recall doing a lot of picture research so I could properly describe a trek down a mountainous path, among other things.
I seem to remember you almost falling and killing yourself while researching flood plains! LOL
ReplyDeleteI do my research in my chair. ROTFL
Sometimes actual field trips are necessary, hehe! Like the time I ran an experiment with a stick and a stream to see how fast something floated on the current so I could figure out how long it would take something in my story to float from Point A to Point B. :-D
ReplyDeleteBut armchair work is definitely the way to go these days!
Wasn't it exhilarating - after you got past the embarrassment of watching a twig on a stream -- to be able to measure this?
ReplyDeleteLife is good. And fun.