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Bomb-building questions for YA sci-fi-ish work...
arianne:
--- Quote from: the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh on October 19, 2012, 11:21:59 PM ---One of the nicer things about writing space opera is that I can handwave about antimatter a lot rather than having to google the sorts of subjects that might arouse suspicion in officers of the law.
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It does get a bit awkward when you start asking friends if they know how to build a bomb, and then get that loooong silence on the other end of the phone....
I think maybe I will have to go the Burn Notice route of telling people how to build a bomb without actually teaching them how to make a bomb after all.
If anyone out there is monitoring my browser history, I'm probably heading some FBI most wanted list right now...
FishStampede:
Think that's bad? One time someone found out I had googled equine erogenous zones. I swear to God it was research for my story.
Galvatron:
--- Quote from: FishStampede on October 23, 2012, 12:44:55 AM ---Think that's bad? One time someone found out I had googled equine erogenous zones. I swear to God it was research for my story.
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lol thats funny, you know thats one of those situations you might as well just say "ya its exactly what you think" because no one will believe you no matter what =P
knnn:
Reminds me of the time I needed to find out how to embed pictures in a LaTeX document. Searching for "Latex Images" was not the right way to do so...
arianne:
If only there was some sort of writer's helpline with a bunch of helpful researchers on the other end who had been trained never to turn a hair at any question and were completely discreet.
*sigh*
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