Strangest Thing Ever-CONTEST`
Okay writers (that's anyone who writes . . . pubbed or not) . . . a little contest. A copy of BLOOD SON to the writer who has done the "strangest thing ever . . ." in the name of research.
Yes . . . it's research time for me. I am researching plants. Nothing too strange there.
But . . . the strangest thing ever? In the name of research?
Watching an autopsy CD complete with slicing, dicing, and weighing the liver. I think that's the strangest thing I've ever done. Though I have recently been Googling "cyanide" so I hope I don't ever get arrested for murder as it will look might suspicious to the police if they check my Google searches (Big Brother is alive and well).
So..........spread the word. And share. What's the Strangest Thing Ever . . . .
Yes . . . it's research time for me. I am researching plants. Nothing too strange there.
But . . . the strangest thing ever? In the name of research?
Watching an autopsy CD complete with slicing, dicing, and weighing the liver. I think that's the strangest thing I've ever done. Though I have recently been Googling "cyanide" so I hope I don't ever get arrested for murder as it will look might suspicious to the police if they check my Google searches (Big Brother is alive and well).
So..........spread the word. And share. What's the Strangest Thing Ever . . . .
posted by Erica Orloff at 9:43 AM
15 Comments:
Hmm. I have done some mighty odd google searches in an attempt to learn how long it takes someone to drown, how much of a certain medication would cause an overdose etc. but I can't honestly say I've DONE anything strange.
Yet. :0
The dh is all for me branching out into writing erotica...he claims he'd support me in research endeavors.
Hey Lainey:
Well . . . you could always do said research and post about it here . . . but to win, I think you'd have to get WAY out there. LOL!
E
Don't know if this qualifies as strange, but my husband and I visited a downtown Boston porn shop as research for my second book for Mira. It was interesting. Very interesting.
I contacted a New England harbormaster to inquire about jurisdiction in regard to investigating a murder if the body was found floating in the bay.
My emails were not returned.
I'm sure I'm on file somewhere. :(
Laurie:
LOL! I used to go to CBGBs in NYC to listen to bands and there was a major porn shop near there. Forget the name. My friends and I used to go in and laugh our heads off. :-)
E
Heather:
That is actually really funny--better hope no bodies show up with juridictional issues. :-)
E
Strangest thing I've ever done in the name of research:
I attended a gun convention specifically targeted for writers. Why is this strange? For one, it was sponsored by The Second Amendment Foundation, and I'm as liberal as they come. And two, the training was provided by a private tactical unit. They took me through a terrifyingly real hostage scenario. They put body armor on me, put a sack cloth over my head, thrust a (real) Glock with (fake) bullets in my hand, and brought me to a "house" where terrorists were pointing guns to a hostage -- my real-life DH. I ended up "dying" after being shot 3 times, and DH's neck was "slit" from ear to ear.
It was all just pretend, but still. My heart was pumping double-time through the whole thing.
karm:
May not be possible to beat that. But we'll see. :-)
E
P.S. And don't forget--you were their cover girl on the magazine!!!
This definitely doesn't beat karmela (I love that! I want to do that!), but ... (Oh gawd, am I going to admit this in public???)
Before, um, DH was around to research my erotica with me, I once tied myself naked to a pole, just to see what it would feel like, emotionally.
The tying involved making loose knots with long lengths of string, then using my teeth to pull them tight. It took me nearly thirty minutes to get myself properly tied, hands behind my back around the pole.
Unfortunately, the teeth can't untie as well as they tightened my loose knots. It took me nearly two hours to wriggle out of it. Thank God my roommate didn't come home early!
E -- I think you have a winner! Spyscribbler, that is NAUGHTY! Rowr! I love it!
I got my housemate, who teaches poledancing, to give me a lesson in a "gentleman's club" because I was planning a book wherein the main character worked the bar at a strip club. It was awesome! I got pretty good at spinning myself around, and was feeling rather proud of myself until my housemate started flipping herself up the pole backwards and hanging off by her ankles.
not a author but WOW would love to have done some you all have!
but have had to look up the weird stuff
i would be horrified for some 1 to steal my comp and find all the sites ive looked up
so i cant imagine being a writer and the sites you all have to read
spy:
I don't know. I think you might win this.
You are lucky the house didn't catch on fire or something and the police came to find you that way. ;-)
E
naomi:
That is a pretty cool profession to gain a little insight into. I had a former stripper/showgirl in KNOCKOUT . . . but I didn't do such . . ahem . . . extensive research. ;-)
E
blackroze--
That's it exactly. Sometimes I think about the odd Google searches I've done in the name of research--and I definitely must appear like a murderess.
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