I’ve spent the last several hours looking at exit wounds and dead bodies. I am so depressed now.
I hope your day is going better than mine.
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I’ve spent the last several hours looking at exit wounds and dead bodies. I am so depressed now.
I hope your day is going better than mine.
Me too, but it is for educational purposes (I’m studying Forensic Science and we just got to ballistics). It’s tough looking at those pictures, especially for long periods of time. I hope your feeling better today.
The hazard to being amazing writers, that people rarely get to know about. I know I appreciate y’alls attention to detail, I am sure that does not offer any solace but we the BDH do appreciate your efforts and attention to detail.
Here is a cute puppies picture! We just got our big dog back from training – please don’t judge the state of that side of my office, we are working on shelves. Also, I have too much stuff / books and not enough shelving! There are never enough shelves…..
I am sorry it has depressed you but I appreciate your diligence. It is one of many things I love about your work. You create these magical worlds and make them feel so real.
Oh man Im sorry.
My 18 year old is having a case of Im 18 and know everything. This includes getting college paperwork ready, new Drivers License paperwork and restrictions and fixing his own car radio.
Im tired. I also miss the sun, North Carolina has been having rain for the last 2 days and into next week as well.
Hope you find something to cheer you up soon.
At work testing tech stuff. See what I need to take to work at home for part of next week. My location will not be an emergency shelter and none are close enough to be a volunteer. Those not shelters will probs be closed for a few days due to the weather. It is not often we get this cold in Harris County (contains Houston TX)
My day involves playing whack a mole trying to get my children to sit down and work. I hope tomorrow is a better day for you.
On January 6, day of “Los Tres Reyes Magos” or Three King Magi, my oldest friend in the world had her first baby. When I say oldest friend, I mean so far back that her mom was a young bridesmaid at my mom’s wedding, and then she and I got to be in the same classroom in Nursery school. We’re 38 now.
One of her gifts was a handmade baby cocoon made by one of the Craft Group ladies at the Senior Center I work at, except it was made more than a year ago and by now nobody remembered who made it, hehe. After sharing pics in emails to a couple of my Craft Group ladies, with a little bit of sleuthing through phone calls and Facebooking to the daughter of one of the knitters, we finally found the author! Something nice to keep them busy during shelter in place.
New baby’s name is “Alexa”.
Oh, her parents are so cruel! ????????
Aw nooo, it’s prob a bit too late on the uptake now but here’s something that’s brought a great deal of amusement: https://youtu.be/KxlPGPupdd8
Hope your process brings some happier times soon 🙂
Oof. Rough day!
Here’s Jameson, a very good boy. Not mine, but a charmer at my favorite coffee place awhile back. He was working on sit, stay, and doing quite well for one so young (five months).
Hats off to you for your dedication to quality research in service to accuracy and plausibility. Makes for ripping good yarns!
Watch the “I’m not a cat” video?
It makes me chuckle even when I’m not watching it (although it could look a little odd if you started laughing while doing your current research). 😉
Yarn buying time??
Sorry that got to you. I can certainly sympathize – I came into work today and accidentally opened a patient’s chart to the pictures from the wound care nurse. The ones of the nasty post-op incision infection. Ugh.
I’m planning on spending some quality time later today laughing over the cat-shaming pictures on-line. That always makes me laugh!
I hope it will end in something that makes it worthwhile <3
You write such excellent books just because the thorough work you do before the writing. I understand that is hard sometimes
First thing I thought, you were working on Iron Covenant 2.
I’m not obsessed, no.
About dead bodies ???
Any chance of a short story or POV for Augustine Montgomery after Catalina gives him the address of the man involved in his father and sister’s deaths?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1FrcU-tAhIY&feature=youtu.be
A short video of my cat doing his nightly before sleep ritual. Hope it can cheer you up.
I’ve been watching it snow. A couple of inches can shut PDX down for days, and it’s supposed to snow through tomorrow.
We’ve had 53 inches of snow in the last 8 days. I got my roof shoveled off this morning (and the guy took pity on me and shoveled the steps too). This “rate of snow accumulation” is supposed to continue for the next 10 days. Yippee.
Whenever I see something horrible, I Google ‘quokka’ and click on images. That always cheers me up.
I spent the last several hours putting shelving units together and then trying to figure out how to fit 2 tons of crap in a 1/2 ton space. Let’s face it, I have too much crap. I’m taking 15 minutes to try out my new heated massage office chair… then the dog has to go to the vet and the cleaning lady needs a ride home and the roommate/youngest kid needs a ride to the grocery store. At least he’s going to buy dinner. TGIF
I order cadavers and body parts for residents in training to practice. Thank gawd I don’t have to actually look at them.
Did you note the new missing people incident in that mysterious Fission pass?
It was reported yesterday in the UK.
❤️ I hope future research improves over this. Maybe different sorts of chocolate instead?
I feel a little bit of confussion.
I’m sorry your day was suboptimal. It can’t be easy doing that type of research. I join the others in voicing my appreciation for your work. Thank you and I hope your weekend is fabulous!!
While not DBs, I have been trying (and failing) to wrangle my latest schedule since I’m a special education teacher and we are having some students return to school soon. That part is exciting. But the two versions I came up with are worthless because of another change five minutes before the end of the day today.
Your dedication to your work is greatly appreciated ????
I hope you’re feeling better now Ilona. Our state in Australia is just entering another lockdownx albeit a short 5 day one this time. The relentess lockdowns over the last 12 months have certainly taken their toll on the mental health of many. Take a break, do something that makes you happy until that feeling is gone.
Can we order a Martian? I would like one. I am in a legal battle with Paypal and need a friend.
I am looking at flower girl dresses.. not so easy but better then you view at the moment ????
Such is the state of our world. I spent 3 plus years as an evidence technician, and sloshing entry/exit wounds are ghastly. I liked the property room part of my job, and the processing of evidence/fingerprints but responding to crimes scenes not so much.
Took me 3 days to finish What You Have Heard Is True by Carolyn Forché. I just want to cry for the atrocities and the description of the tortures that I read. Humans really are monsters. I feel really messed up having read it, and did see a few pictures in black and white, since it’s a book based on true events. I can’t imagine doing so for research. Hope you feel better soon.
Reading the news on Myanmar was like reading the book again, only it happening 30+yrs later. Seems like world doesn’t learn at all, or maybe all military gov are the same. Time for me to look at cute kitties and watch a funny anime to function.
Wow. I’d be tempted to let the other half of the writing team study exit wounds. I can imagine what that looks like. Ugly.
sorry about your work troubles. My Chinese adopted daughters and I made Biang Biang Noodles, Pot stickers, and Egg Rolls for dinner to celebrate Chinese New Year. It was delicious, but we made too much! My oldest wrapped the egg rolls and as I was showing her I said, “Just wrap that bastard up.” She said, “Can I say that?” I said, “your mom isn’t home, sure.” Thinking she would only say it once. NOPE. She said it for EVERY SINGLE EGG ROLL!!! And then once her mom was home she whispered in my ear, “Fry those bastards.” She cracks me up.
Wow! That’s excruciating. Maybe limit it to an hour only. I love accuracy but you are more important!! Cleanse your being with laughter, soothing music, bright colors, more Home Town, and hugs from Gordon. ????
A cool(er maybe?) way to look at dead bodies – Warrior on HBO Max. It won’t help with research, but its just awesome. Just awesome. I finished it just now, and I have the same afterglow as finishing edge and/or hidden legacy gave me.
Everything you do is much appreciated- from the notes about your tea to the detailed research you do to ensure the story is accurate.
I spent the day working on 200+ payment transactions that didn’t post because our new system dropped a file overnight. I haven’t worked less than 13 hours/day in over a year. And I don’t get paid overtime. Being a manager bites.
I hear ya. I’m spending my morning watching police interview footage of meth heads who are suspects in the bludgeoning death of a local hero who championed drug addicts. Super fun.
It has occurred to me in the past reading your books that you’ve done a lot of research into violent subjects like guns and poisons. You have such expertise. It amuses me to think of you having to explain to the police who search your browser history, “no honestly I am a writer. I need it for my books”. The conclusions they’d reach.
It sounds like a hard subject to study. Sorry you were affected. Feel better.
Looking at dead bodies and exit wounds… I know some people who would consider that the ‘fun’ part of your job ????