steam engines, the history of the Swiss Guard, rural Washington state towns, the movements of the French army in Renaissance Italy . . .

guerrillas in Cuba, Fidel Castro, baseball, rape laws in Ohio, pharmacology, guitar construction, midcentury social mores, birth control, sensual foods...

The list, she is endless.

I've got a question about something. Two men and a woman get into a tussle trying to apprehend woman X. One of the men does get a pretty good look at X's face (maybe 30 - 60 seconds) however her face has a fair amount of blood on it at the time (not X's). X is actually taken away other authorities immediately after apprehension, so there is no time after the tussle to study.

What level of disguise would X need to have to not be recognized by either Man. The man who got a good look is decently observant. Complicating matters is that X is beautiful to a remarkable degree (there are story reasons for this), she also has perfect teeth though this is a society in which dental care is not uncommon it's not a medieval Europe like fantasy setting. On the other hand, they would not expect to see her as she should by all reason be in a jail cell at the time.

Hair color and style are different for sure. Would that do it alone without being too much of a stretch? Maybe though in a bit of cosmetics? I'm having a hard time deciding.

I'm actually surprised at how much I've had to Google so far since I have a totally made up setting. I guess all the stuff I'm constantly adding to my notes would be Google searches as well in real life.

How long has it been? Long enough she could lose weight and be dirty and etc? Because that could make a lot of difference if she's not someone they know well.

About two days, she's a total stranger when they are robbed by her and apprehend her, they only need to not recognize her for about 10 minutes.

At the moment I've got hair changing from red to black and going from curly and loose to straight and not loose, pony tail perhaps.

Chapter 2 is done. Chapter 3 fun has begun, although I will have to pop back into chapter 2 to insert a detail that somehow I forgot while writing it.

People. People, people. Not you people, those people.

You know my favorite illustration of "check your metaphors" is "His eyes slid down the front of her dress"? It may have a challenger: "[Name] watches him intently with big question marks tattooed in his eyes."

Ow. Owowowowow, and OW!

That's awesome. I'd still have to go with the first one as the champion though.

I got a block of time for writing during my vacation day and I'm now plowing through chapter 3 quickly.

DW has starting reading chapter 1 and 2 and writing down comments about stuff. It's a biased opinion, but she has been really positive about it so far. She's a smart, well-read person, so I value her opinions and comments. Her grammar is better than mine too, which is quite a help.