Do you Google?
Do you Google stuff? Do you use Ask.com? Well, these are my search engines while writing Miranda’s book. And I suddenly realized that if someone peeked at my search history they would wonder what the heck I’ve been up to. Then I realized these thing are pretty good teasers for what’s coming in Miranda’s book? Here are seven questions I’ve asked that make me look weird, but give you hints of what Miranda and the Shadow Falls characters are up to in my next, and probably my final, Shadow Falls book.
Why exactly do meth house explode?
If a meth house exploded and a person was on the front porch, how far could she be thrown?
Do snakes have eyelids?
Are snakes colder than a dead body?
What kind of spiders lurk in the dank darkness under a house?
How do you write AK 47 the proper way?
How would a person say the word rape in the early 1800’s?
So tell me, what strange things have you Googled?
Newsletter Giveaway!
You know I have giveaways on my blog, right? Well, did you know I also have a newsletter? This week, one person who posts about the crazy things they Googled and tells me that they either already receive my newsletter or that they have just signed up to receive it will win a signed copy of one of my foreign editions of one of my Shadow Falls books along with a Shadow Falls book bag. So non-subscribers go to my website Home page and sign up for my newsletter and tell me you did in the comments as well as what weird thing you’ve researched. And those who have already signed up, also let me know in the comments,, and then tell me what wild thing some cyber spoof would find if they peeked into your search engine.
newest »
Oh thank goodness, I thought I was the only person with a search engine history that could put me on a government watch list, ha. My recent searches have been more banal (what's the psi of a wolf's jaw, how many psi does it take to crush a human bone, what's the stroke volume/what is the bps of the average human heart, types of headstone decorations), but in the past I've Google 'd some pretty gnarly things for certain stories, and I mine my friends with medical and military experience for some of the more...specific questions my writing brings up (I also get to ask them fun opinion questions, such as what non-conventional human body part (so no hearts) would you like/want to see ripped out with someone's bare hands?) Releasing these questions as book teasers is a great idea! Reminded me that I need to catch back up on Shadow Falls <3.To keep me reminded, I just signed up for the newsletter :D
~ Angel
I find amusement in the conversations my husband and I have at home, especially after writing a thriller novel.Husband: What did you do today while I was away?
Me: I decided to kill my neighbour today by {insert graphic method here}.
Then we wonder what would happen if our house were ever bugged by police after our writing conversations. It is an occupational hazard ;)
Looking forward to the new book,
Alice