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Uncle Jim, got my assignment finished last night.
Great!
Now do it again.
Uncle Jim, got my assignment finished last night.
... at least 2 operating systems used by DEC's pdp11 series.
Is there a place you go for this kind of thing? I have the feeling I'm missing something blindingly obvious.
Hello, all. I haven't posted here in quite a while. I've been making enormous progress on my WIP, but now I can't put off the research any longer.
The story involves someone who can see several hundred years into the past, roughly throughout the Mojave Desert and some distance south. I need to learn a lot about North American natives, as well as Mayans and Aztecs. Extinct animals and plants would be interesting too, for color and texture.
I have a stack of National Geographic articles -- about every fourth issue has something I can use. I've raided Wikipedia for, say, Mayans and Apaches, but if the Internet has what I want, the links aren't obvious.
Is there a place you go for this kind of thing? I have the feeling I'm missing something blindingly obvious.
--Milton
I've followed Uncle Jim's advice about the Children's section of the library. Sometimes it's the only place I can find what I want. It's particularly strong for things like overviews of geography and the like.
You're allowed to use crackpot theories. You aren't writing a scholarly work; you're writing something fun and interesting. Crackpottery is both of those, in spades.
Hell, these days are there any real crackpot theories anymore? Real life is just as crazy as anything that can be conjured!
Double mumbo jumbo! Good work, you made it fly!No kidding. I once sold a story that had UFOs and zombies in it.
Your blue hamster ate a poodle? Mine too!lol
Uncle Jim, got my assignment finished last night. A page + of new material. Thanks for the push.
Okay, point taken. But with the media we know about the craziness, and the fragility of morality, that encompasses humanity faster, and more accurately than in the past. I get a lot of my story ideas watching Cold Case Files and the news. It just seems to me that people are much sicker than I could make them (my characters) on my own.