So I've got two things going on today. First, Road trip Wednesday...
This weeks question: What is the strangest/weirdest thing you've ever researched?
Hmmm, that's a tough one. For Daze and Knights I researched medieval armor, castles, clothing, and food. Jousting, sword fighting, and the order of nobility.
For Jessica Book 2, I've researched 1781 Virginia- the houses, food, clothing, underwear. British and American uniforms, the Revolution, slavery, knife-throwing. I've researched real commanders in the war, I've read or skimmed countless books on the Revolution. I've needed information on everything from when they ate their meals, to rereading over and over again about the Siege of Yorktown. I've done so much research that everything has started to blend together into an alarming mishmash of messed up tidbits.
Sadly, nothing for either book has been all that weird. Just general living and fighting kinds of things. Maybe the weirdest thing that I can remember is this past week I've been trying to figure out distances. So my mom gave me this list of how long it would take to cover 1500 miles on foot, on horseback, by covered wagon, by train, by car, by jet, and by supersonic transport (don't ask me where she got this info from- some book). So then I had maps open of Virginia and a calculator and a husband who's waaay better at math than me to help me figure out how long it would take (approx) for someone to get from Williamsburg to Yorktown by wagon. Sheesh- that was annoying.
Honestly, I'm getting a little researched out. I look forward to writing a contemporary novel where I'm sure I'll have a teeny bit to do, but not nearly as much as I've had to do for the last two books.
Secondly, (and I hope it's okay to do both) I love music and books and combining them and I already have a soundtrack picked out for Daze and Knights so I wanted to participate in this Blogfest: http://eastforgreeneyes.blogspot.com/2011/05/changes-constants-and-big-announcement.html
So I'm making a list of the songs for Daze and Knights and then I'll put them over on my playlist for anyone's listening pleasure.
According to You- Orianthi
Just What I Needed- Faber Drive
Beside You- Marianas Trench
7th Symphony, 2nd Movement- Beethoven
Face Down- The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Speechless- The Veronicas
Take My Hand- Simple Plan
Running out of Time- Simple Plan
You and I Tonight- Faber Drive
Two is Better Than One- Boys Like Girls and Taylor Swift
And for book 2, the songs I have so far...
The First One- Boys Like Girls
Haunted- Taylor Swift
Don't You Remember- Adele
Club Can’t Handle Me- Flo-Rida ft. David Guetta
You Don’t Know Me- Michael Buble
Take It All- Adele
***In my haste to get this post done this morning before picking up my son, I forgot to add a link to the blogfest. And then as I was doing some errands and listening to my new Adele CD, I found two great songs that I had to add to my song list for Book 2.***
This weeks question: What is the strangest/weirdest thing you've ever researched?
Hmmm, that's a tough one. For Daze and Knights I researched medieval armor, castles, clothing, and food. Jousting, sword fighting, and the order of nobility.
For Jessica Book 2, I've researched 1781 Virginia- the houses, food, clothing, underwear. British and American uniforms, the Revolution, slavery, knife-throwing. I've researched real commanders in the war, I've read or skimmed countless books on the Revolution. I've needed information on everything from when they ate their meals, to rereading over and over again about the Siege of Yorktown. I've done so much research that everything has started to blend together into an alarming mishmash of messed up tidbits.
Sadly, nothing for either book has been all that weird. Just general living and fighting kinds of things. Maybe the weirdest thing that I can remember is this past week I've been trying to figure out distances. So my mom gave me this list of how long it would take to cover 1500 miles on foot, on horseback, by covered wagon, by train, by car, by jet, and by supersonic transport (don't ask me where she got this info from- some book). So then I had maps open of Virginia and a calculator and a husband who's waaay better at math than me to help me figure out how long it would take (approx) for someone to get from Williamsburg to Yorktown by wagon. Sheesh- that was annoying.
Honestly, I'm getting a little researched out. I look forward to writing a contemporary novel where I'm sure I'll have a teeny bit to do, but not nearly as much as I've had to do for the last two books.
So I'm making a list of the songs for Daze and Knights and then I'll put them over on my playlist for anyone's listening pleasure.
According to You- Orianthi
Just What I Needed- Faber Drive
Beside You- Marianas Trench
7th Symphony, 2nd Movement- Beethoven
Face Down- The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Speechless- The Veronicas
Take My Hand- Simple Plan
Running out of Time- Simple Plan
You and I Tonight- Faber Drive
Two is Better Than One- Boys Like Girls and Taylor Swift
And for book 2, the songs I have so far...
The First One- Boys Like Girls
Haunted- Taylor Swift
Don't You Remember- Adele
Club Can’t Handle Me- Flo-Rida ft. David Guetta
You Don’t Know Me- Michael Buble
Take It All- Adele
***In my haste to get this post done this morning before picking up my son, I forgot to add a link to the blogfest. And then as I was doing some errands and listening to my new Adele CD, I found two great songs that I had to add to my song list for Book 2.***