tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post3594731745370420108..comments2024-03-29T10:25:17.813-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: Cindy Brown Has Fun with ResearchJungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-29746252073435412202015-01-29T13:57:40.487-05:002015-01-29T13:57:40.487-05:00JKW, I bet you're right about the Diet Coke! I...JKW, I bet you're right about the Diet Coke! I will have to try a new experiment.Cindy Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05337599909440455017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-75961509026328102232015-01-29T08:41:16.354-05:002015-01-29T08:41:16.354-05:00This was so much fun to read. Ummm, I think you ne...This was so much fun to read. Ummm, I think you need the 'real' coke, not the diet. My father-in-law was a mechanic in the very old days and would put the bolt and screw in the coke to loosen it and I believe it dissolved if he left it too long. Just sayin' Blessings, JanetJKWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18038337964341526451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-59418377970204934252015-01-29T02:35:34.617-05:002015-01-29T02:35:34.617-05:00I'm coming in late today, been gone to darling...I'm coming in late today, been gone to darling granddaughters again. What fascinating research you all have done! I'm with Mark, thinking I need to take up writing for the research. Actually, I've always enjoyed research, one of those over achievers whose Masters paper was supposed to be 35-40 pages, and I had 80. Just so much to study and write about boys and reading. <br /><br />Cindy, your husband is a good sport, posing as a corpse. I like how you speak up and ask people about curiosities, such as the top back pocket on the man's shirt. Since I'm not especially shy, I'm thinking of pretending to be a writer and asking such things. Hehehe!<br /><br />Hallie, a brain bank? Not sure I want to see that, but it would be something different for sure. Ellen, great question about correcting someone. I think Karen answered it well.<br /><br />Cindy, I'm looking forward to reading Macdeath and wish you much success with it.Kathy Reelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17004247271452356577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-60759759553884941062015-01-28T22:13:55.245-05:002015-01-28T22:13:55.245-05:00Ooh Hallie, that sounds like the basis for a story...Ooh Hallie, that sounds like the basis for a story- a FedEx "brain box" delivered to the wrong address...<br /><br />Thanks all, for a fun day, with special thanks to Rhys!Cindy Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05337599909440455017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-26092655927826173302015-01-28T19:09:55.988-05:002015-01-28T19:09:55.988-05:00Brains: think cauliflowers. Prosaically ahipped in...Brains: think cauliflowers. Prosaically ahipped in Fedex boxes.Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-35829320633901186872015-01-28T18:43:50.635-05:002015-01-28T18:43:50.635-05:00Hmmm. I wouldn't think a corpse would weigh mo...Hmmm. I wouldn't think a corpse would weigh more, but there could be some fluid build-up...Cindy Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05337599909440455017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-43969969705694435862015-01-28T17:26:34.281-05:002015-01-28T17:26:34.281-05:00YOu all are SO valuable! LOVE the fire starting st...YOu all are SO valuable! LOVE the fire starting stuff.<br /><br /> ANd I am picturing the corpse behind the door. Does a corpse weigh more or less than a live person, just wondering? (And only here could one ask that, right?)Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-75028354365005818832015-01-28T15:29:29.496-05:002015-01-28T15:29:29.496-05:00Hmmm...Ellen, the cocktail party question is a tou...Hmmm...Ellen, the cocktail party question is a toughie, but I recently watched a young friend of mine come up with a gracious solution. She said to the ill-informed person, "Wow, I didn't know that!" looked it up on her smart phone to show her interest, then said, "Oh, you know, it's actually XXX." Worked beautifully.Cindy Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05337599909440455017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-55110233644278054622015-01-28T15:07:40.544-05:002015-01-28T15:07:40.544-05:00Depends, Ellen. How bad a day you had, how much yo...Depends, Ellen. How bad a day you had, how much you've had to drink, how much you like/dislike the person/your host. <br /><br />So many story choices, so little time. :-)Karen in Ohionoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-86843579725210538542015-01-28T14:55:19.914-05:002015-01-28T14:55:19.914-05:00Haven't done that kind of research, but I did ...Haven't done that kind of research, but I did sit in on almost all of the hearings of the Congressional Committee on the Wartime Relocation of Civilians (that's the Japanese American deportation to the interior camps to those not in the know). And read a whole bunch of camp documents in the rare books room at the UCLA library. <br /><br />And for a science fiction book set on a water world, I read through a four-foot stack of books on oceans, fish, seaweed and sea mammals. <br /><br />So there you are at a cocktail party, and someone asserts something TOTALLY incorrect-- do you mention that due to your research, you know they're wrong? Or do you just excuse yourself to go over to the food table? Ellen Kozaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-70594595279922981232015-01-28T14:22:43.105-05:002015-01-28T14:22:43.105-05:00I am going to be really careful in the bathroom fr...I am going to be really careful in the bathroom from now on...Cindy Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05337599909440455017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-78101843938663406072015-01-28T14:12:40.065-05:002015-01-28T14:12:40.065-05:00Karen, I think that's what killed Elvis. My da...Karen, I think that's what killed Elvis. My daughter the nurse told me this. Karen in Ohionoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-5698261442930474702015-01-28T14:01:49.447-05:002015-01-28T14:01:49.447-05:00One time when I worked as an EMT we responded to a...One time when I worked as an EMT we responded to a call where someone was unconscious in the bathroom, blocking the door. We removed the pins from the hinges and took off the door altogether.<br /><br />And in the interest of further information, folks can have occurrences of fainting/cardiac arrest from a drop in pulse rate that occurs from "bearing down". Hence why folks are found on the bathroom floor. Probably more than even y'all wanted to know.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13844129430383744128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-66320675598038782792015-01-28T13:44:50.624-05:002015-01-28T13:44:50.624-05:00Corks! Who knew? And BTW, the lemonade toilet clea...Corks! Who knew? And BTW, the lemonade toilet cleaner really works, too. Just use a powdered one that has citric acid in the ingredients.<br /><br />And though I try out the practical ideas, I do love the mystery-related research that I just use in books. Last week at Sisters in Crime, I saw a slide of a decomposing corpse whose arm was green. Not a little greenish, but bright Kelly green. Love learning those little details.Cindy Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05337599909440455017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-71004097023246655482015-01-28T13:11:36.903-05:002015-01-28T13:11:36.903-05:00I always wondered about that corpse behind the doo...I always wondered about that corpse behind the door thing. Good to know.<br /><br />Other good firestarters: dryer lint, pinecones, real wine corks--champagne corks are the best, paper egg cartons torn in half (ideally, with either a pinecone, a cork, or some dry lint inserted into each half). Pinecones and corks, especially champagne ones because they are compressed, burn a long time. Karen in Ohionoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-66484357690062613812015-01-28T12:15:27.609-05:002015-01-28T12:15:27.609-05:00Thanks, all for your kind words!
And BTW, just no...Thanks, all for your kind words! <br />And BTW, just noticed a bit of my essay was cut off - I had my lovely & long-suffering husband pose as a corpse behind a door, so I could see if I could shove open the door with him behind it.It takes a lot of effort!Cindy Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05337599909440455017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-79277037186572791362015-01-28T12:08:24.217-05:002015-01-28T12:08:24.217-05:00Congrats on your book from another research addict...Congrats on your book from another research addict! Liz Penneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13616005136130181910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-59576499207216992482015-01-28T12:06:37.244-05:002015-01-28T12:06:37.244-05:00I am tickled and impressed by you all! And, I hav...I am tickled and impressed by you all! And, I have to admit, a bit jealous.<br />Guess I'll just have to make a cup of tea and go read a good (well researched) book!<br />I have been looking forward to Macdeath. It sounds great.Libby Doddnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-52088763153971014232015-01-28T11:59:32.873-05:002015-01-28T11:59:32.873-05:00Okay Hank--we'll all shut up because we can...Okay Hank--we'll all shut up because we can't hope to top your research. You have done the sort of things most of wonder if could do when called upon.<br />But having tea at the Ritz in the name of research is more fun!Jungle Red Writershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-62362248994565540432015-01-28T11:58:41.925-05:002015-01-28T11:58:41.925-05:00Torches made from Kotex pads on sticks- brilliant,...Torches made from Kotex pads on sticks- brilliant, Pat! Wonder how I can work that into my next book...Cindy Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05337599909440455017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-66501394758172133022015-01-28T11:57:14.289-05:002015-01-28T11:57:14.289-05:00Hank, they really do work! They take awhile to get...Hank, they really do work! They take awhile to get started, but burn for a long time. And as to the why, if you're ever grilling or camping or starting a fire in a really damp environment (yes, I love Oregon, but...),it can take a long time to get a fire lit. Plus, with Doritos, none of that lighter fluid smell or taste!Cindy Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05337599909440455017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-20446515979217447622015-01-28T11:56:13.336-05:002015-01-28T11:56:13.336-05:00Gosh, I'd hate to waste good Doritos starting ...Gosh, I'd hate to waste good Doritos starting a fire. In the olden days scouts would use kotex pads tied on a stick as torches. Not really research though. I did get turned away from a courthouse once; I wanted to see where wacko John Brown stood trial; I thought it would be a historic site. Nope. Still a working courtroom. But the guard was nice about it. Cindy, your book sounds great.Pat Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-64685580008722456642015-01-28T11:54:59.314-05:002015-01-28T11:54:59.314-05:00Hank, it's the oil in the chips. So oily they ...Hank, it's the oil in the chips. So oily they are combustible. And the oil burns hot, therefore, good fire starters.Liz Millironhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04919409969263609919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-18635539723773340992015-01-28T11:49:54.092-05:002015-01-28T11:49:54.092-05:00Doritos are good fire starters? HOw? Fritos? WHY?
...Doritos are good fire starters? HOw? Fritos? WHY?<br /><br />And I didn't call it research, It was just --my job. Been in a SWAT team hostage situation, been tear gassed (sort of) been at fires and murder scenes, in hurricanes and in prisons, ridden with cops and firefighters and EMTs, in helicopters and hot air balloons. In a nuclear reactor, and the airport control tower (and behind the scenes at baggage claim--scary!), and the cockpit of a 747.<br /><br />I'e also tried to get two bugs to fight, but that's another blog.<br /><br />ANd welcome, Cindy! I still want to know about the Doritos.. <br /><br />Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-18308869669443879402015-01-28T11:26:13.660-05:002015-01-28T11:26:13.660-05:00I also want to give a shout-out to the Book Passag...I also want to give a shout-out to the Book Passage Mystery Writers Conference, where I met Rhys. Great mystery-specific info from writers and experts, wonderfully generous mentors, and an enormous amount of fun! I HIGHLY recommend it!Cindy Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05337599909440455017noreply@blogger.com