As I get further into the technical research for this latest work in progress, I'm getting a better handle on exactly how an arson investigation is conducted. But I could use some clarification if anybody happens to know. The hero of this WIP is an arson investigator. I know he'll be the one to go through the remains of the structures that burn and take samples for analysis. Am I correct in thinking that he will then send/take those samples to the lab where somebody ELSE will run all the tests t…
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Posted by Kathleen Gresham on September 26th, 2007 at 12:08am —
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Every summer The Discovery Channel puts on Shark Week. Every summer I am subjected to watching all of it because my hubby is addicted to sharks. He finds
them endlessly fascinating. The nut wants to go dive with great whites.
You can tell how excited I am about that prospect. Sometimes I’m glad
we’re too poor to afford an experience like that. In any event, that’s
what comes to mind when I think of theme weeks.
Well I am officially declaring
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Posted by Kathleen Gresham on September 18th, 2007 at 5:33am —
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...there was a fire from which the hero rescues the heroine.
Flash Point is begun. (cheers!) I'm not too far in, as I've only been writing on it for three days and having to research quite a bit to learn about firefighting in general, and I'm about to dive deeper into my arson research. If you care about daily progress you can follow along on my
writer's blog here. Anybody know exactly what an EMT would do on site for a 2nd degree burn victim? I…
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Posted by Kathleen Gresham on September 12th, 2007 at 12:41am —
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Does anybody know how to make the crimespace badges work on Wordpress, the free one, not the client? I thought I could use a text widget and just paste in the HTML but it isn't working. I'm probably doing something wrong, but am too HTML illiterate to know what! HELP!
Posted by Kathleen Gresham on September 9th, 2007 at 2:00am —
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Well, as I've said in my profile, I write romantic suspense. I finished a novel about two weeks ago and so now I'm in research mode on the next while my first draft of House of Cards is with my beta readers. The bad guy for my next book is going to be an arsonist, so I'm researching the psychological profile of serial arsonists, motives for arson, methods, etc. If anybody knows of good sources online or in books, pass them my way!
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Posted by Kathleen Gresham on September 8th, 2007 at 3:48am —
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Best wishes with your writing.
AMEN! I just want to write. Wish I could afford a publicist. Wish I could afford an agent. WISH an agent would take an interest. It seems like you assuredly have be on the best-seller list before one will take a chance on you.
Need a new patient? I'm gong bonkers trying to promote my two published novels. Trying to sell "yourself" is a never-ending job. Thanks for being my Crimespace friend.
~Gemma
Huh? Has crimespace gone game zone on us? At least they aren't merit badges.
I always find it odd that for such a small island, we're so parochial. Did that strike you when you were in Edinburgh? Jools
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