tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157905786947425443.post589385254909857646..comments2023-10-29T04:09:42.109-04:00Comments on The Edit Cafe: A Shout-Out for Single MomsJoAnnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16027015583205497259noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157905786947425443.post-88507952864975356952008-11-21T09:45:00.000-05:002008-11-21T09:45:00.000-05:00Cathy, it is hard to thaw the water. Sometimes I h...Cathy, it is hard to thaw the water. Sometimes I have to take the container in the house and soak it in a sink of hot water. Sometimes you can just pour hot water over the icy crust to thaw it. This morning I found the dog had unplugged his heated waterer. I broke the ice and plugged it back in.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for liking the new site look, Paige. We are still tweaking a bit.Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11161967996164905671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157905786947425443.post-64310185445309702892008-11-20T20:48:00.000-05:002008-11-20T20:48:00.000-05:00I love the new layout!PaigeI love the new layout!<BR/><BR/>PaigeThe Write Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17474038917169204501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157905786947425443.post-43663022775930026612008-11-20T15:09:00.000-05:002008-11-20T15:09:00.000-05:00Characterization...well, I've been trying to get m...Characterization...well, I've been trying to get my hands on some old doctor instruments. What did a doctor have in his bag in 1880. I found a museum that let me pick up the tools, but the date is a little vague and I'm not sure if these instruments are era appropriate, but oh my gosh!!! the stuff in that bag...the tools to deliver babies and BLEED people. Horrifying. Touching them, looking at them, very disturbing.<BR/>And then I go to write my book and, seriously, they BELIEVED in those bleeding tools back then. So would my doctor be 'enlightened' by today's standards and refuse to bleed a patient?<BR/>Or would my doctor embrace the latest methods and bleed people dry.<BR/><BR/>LOL <BR/><BR/>It's so hard not to write a book for back then without using today's sensibilities.Mary Connealyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09598386111251769803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157905786947425443.post-64210197869484973062008-11-20T13:03:00.000-05:002008-11-20T13:03:00.000-05:00"I just can't figure out how full-time working mot..."I just can't figure out how full-time working mothers get much of anything done between driving to and from school, homework (six-year-olds shouldn't have to have homework!), meals, essential daily home chores (like thaw out chickens' water), bath time, and more."<BR/><BR/>Neither can I, I'm a working mother in a dual-parent family. Single parents get my respect for hanging in and doing a job that can be tough under the best of circumstances.PatriciaWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04572087157439187319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157905786947425443.post-56595452174262606022008-11-20T13:01:00.000-05:002008-11-20T13:01:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.PatriciaWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04572087157439187319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157905786947425443.post-26202344914233137262008-11-19T17:46:00.000-05:002008-11-19T17:46:00.000-05:00Becky,First, how DO you thaw the water for the chi...Becky,<BR/><BR/>First, how DO you thaw the water for the chickens? We have outdoor animals and frozen water is a real problem this time of year. Any secrets?<BR/><BR/>For your observations on research, I definitely agree that it is important not to make assumptions. I don't want to give away what I'm working on, but let me say I chose to have a character run the type of business that I spent many many hours working in as my first job. I figured I could pretty much nail that occupation. And I thought I knew some crisis situations that could happen but wanted to double-check. I want to include conflict.<BR/><BR/>When I asked my former employer, who I still know, he came up with three crisis situations I had no inkling of and it's really helping my story.<BR/><BR/>I like to ask people what would be a really bad day at their office or job.<BR/><BR/><BR/>On the other hand, I'm a former insurance and investment person and I've read fiction where the characters in that work are portrayed as having very little stress. In fact, it's highly stressful. So that isn't realistic and is a dead giveaway someone doesn't know about that profession/industry.<BR/><BR/>CathyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com