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Inspiration Found
I've been struggling to resolve this plot gap in Origins book 3. What I wanted to do conflicts with a timeline already set in prior books; this is a whole new layer of complexity I didn’t have to contend with in the first two novels. Fortunately I am up to the challenge thanks to my children watching the TV show “Mythbusters.”
The episode revolved around proving the Baghdad Battery design dating back to about 100 AD could conduct electricity and what it might have been used for back then. My kids about wet themselves when I shot up from the couch like it just electrocuted me, ran downstairs and started typing away on the computer. I had the solution to the plot gap I’d been trying to solve for about a week and needed to get it all down.
It sure is odd where inspiration originates sometimes. Thanks to Mythbusters I am off writing my story again.
The episode revolved around proving the Baghdad Battery design dating back to about 100 AD could conduct electricity and what it might have been used for back then. My kids about wet themselves when I shot up from the couch like it just electrocuted me, ran downstairs and started typing away on the computer. I had the solution to the plot gap I’d been trying to solve for about a week and needed to get it all down.
It sure is odd where inspiration originates sometimes. Thanks to Mythbusters I am off writing my story again.
