Pop Quiz…
C.E. Grundler
Q: What do you get when you mix the following ingredients?
Tide Ranges, Water Tables,Flood Maps
Rip Tides and Currents
Sneakers and Severed Feet
Disappearances/Death & Dismemberments
Columbian Mining Operations
People quite literally in Glass Houses
Passive Infra-red Motion Sensors and other security systems
Radio Controlled Drones with Streaming Video
International Smuggling Operations
Cement Trucks
Assorted humans with a multitude of personality/emotional issues.
And One Big-@ss Hurricane
A. The headlines from assorted newspapers.
B. The topics of numerous questionable online searches and bookmarked sites my computer would reveal were you to vigorously shake it upside down.
C. A great reason for the vigilant airport security folks to pull my daughter aside, search her luggage, and swipe her hands for explosives residue prior to each flight she boards. (Actually, I think that started with the first two books.)
D. The makings of a questionably viable heist.
E. Stuff I’ve come to gain a better understanding of as I write this book.
F. All of the above.
Anyone who has followed my posts should know the correct answer is F. I think this has to be one of my favorite parts about writing — as each level of research leads to yet more, I’ll find myself learning a myriad of information I might otherwise never have known. And as I read not for research but for entertainment,this detail divides the books I’m reading into memorable and not quite so memorable. I love soaking up new concepts, and when an author weaves facts or history into their story, when the various facets of fiction blend seamlessly with facts, those are the stories I enjoy most. And when I know with each new book, that author will leave me not only entertained, but a little wiser in some unexpected way, those are the books I’ll reach for time after time.
And I’ll admit, these look like they could be real fun… and also REALLY useful/scary, the more you think about it. (And this -starting around the 1;00 mark – reminds me of those dog agility competitions! )
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