The View From . . . .

I use lots of different research materials when I'm writing a novel. Sometimes I even use webcams that show places at or near my book's setting. A few times every a day, I click the site. 

It's a nice reminder how the weather changes in a real place and to reflect those changes in my books.  For the novel I'm working on now, some of the webcams I check are on the top of Mt. Washington in New Hampshire. 60% of the time, this mountaintop is in the clouds, but every now and then:



There's the gift of a real moment.