Can she have a non-cop friend there? Someone who works as a secretary/filing person/data person (like a Buffista who works at the station)? They could get at files or at least find out basic info for her. I always like showing how much support staff knows about what's happening--more than they often get credit for.
You do well to flee, townspeople! I will pillage your lands and dwellings! I will burn your crops and make merry sport with your more attractive daughters! Ha ha ha! Mark my words! Ooh! Ale! I smell delicious ale!
Olaf the Troll ,'Showtime'
The Great Write Way, Chapter Two: Twice upon a time...
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
Scrappy - Jun 15, 2005 8:38:05 am PDT #2763 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
erikaj - Jun 15, 2005 8:46:09 am PDT #2764 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Both good suggestions...I'll probably use both of them at different points.
deborah grabien - Jun 15, 2005 9:46:01 am PDT #2765 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Chapter 15 done, sent, completely unedited except for a spellcheck.
My psyche hurts.
Susan W. - Jun 15, 2005 3:34:12 pm PDT #2766 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
In mememe news, I've been doing the readthrough on the wip, and I've been pleased to discover how well it hangs together so far. Oh, I discovered a few cases of Word of the Day Syndrome, a place or two where I need to rewrite in Chapter Five because of something I only figured out about Anna when I got to Chapter Ten, etc. But it's all small stuff. It's a good story, and I'm doing a reasonably good job of telling it.
erikaj - Jun 15, 2005 5:21:35 pm PDT #2767 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
The books got here.
Connie Neil - Jun 15, 2005 5:50:27 pm PDT #2768 of 10001
brillig
Yay! And answered in email.
And reading writing books has had the salutory effect of bumping my muse loose on the original thriller. A couple of procedural points and I should be able to pick up on that.
question to the hivemind: How easy it to dislocate a bone in the wrist? I'm thinking of having the heavy who's menacing Ann on the train grab her wrist and her having to yank herself free. I'm looking for something that will cause enough damage that it can't be shrugged off but nothing incapacitating.
SailAweigh - Jun 15, 2005 5:52:21 pm PDT #2769 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
connie, I think bones in the wrist are more prone to spring fractures than dislocation. Depending on the bone it can be painful, but not necessarily incapacitating. However, in order to heal it normally needs a cast.
Connie Neil - Jun 15, 2005 6:04:56 pm PDT #2770 of 10001
brillig
That would be perfect.
In what other field of endeavour can you happily contemplate the battery of a human being, dwelling in loving detail on the particulars?
Well, OK, but I don't know how to get started in a career as a dominatrix.
Ginger - Jun 15, 2005 6:07:57 pm PDT #2771 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Wrists sprain pretty easily too.
deborah grabien - Jun 16, 2005 5:32:36 pm PDT #2772 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Susan, excellent - and connie, majorly excellent. I know my wrists broke pretty damned easily when I was in that car accident.
The first half of 16 just went out to all who requested. There is half a chapter left to write, and perhaps a short epilogue, and then done. I expect feedback on this chapter, and misty eyes for the unregenerate schmoop therein.
76,000 words. Begun four weeks ago today.
NaNoWriMo can bite me.