SW10/META/PRECOG: On-Site Research
Scott Eiler
seiler at eilertech.com
Mon Nov 7 19:52:02 PST 2011
Earlier this year I took a road trip to research a story I'd already
written. During that trip I found that the real Britannia Beach was
more like a parking lot than an actual town. Awww.
(http://www.eilertech.com/stories/2011/page.php?fn=britannia_beach.txt )
So I'm going to try it again. This time I'll go see how early the sun
sets in Ketchikan, Alaska! I hear 4 pm. Do I hear 3:30? Do Alaskans
get nasty when it's dark out and/or the economy is tanking, and perhaps
say rude things about cities with skyscrapers? I bet they don't, but I
guess I'll find out. And can I see freighters from the best hotel in
town? I bet I can, and I'm getting a waterview room to watch. Some of
those questions are actually important to a story I wrote last year!
(The Sinking, http://www.eilertech.com/stories/2010/sinking.htm )
While in Ketchikan (and on the Alaska State ferry which will take me
there) I'll have plenty of time to write stories, travelogs, and just
about anything I want. But for at least part of the time I can't post
them! I'm sure people in Alaska have Internet service, but I'm not sure
*I* do. So if you don't hear from me after this Friday morning, feel
free to make the important decisions about the fate of the newsgroup
without me, and I'll catch up a week later.
--
(signed) Scott Eiler 8{D> -------- http://www.eilertech.com/ ---------
Turns out I'm an anally-fixated oedipal paranoid with
south-of-the-border schizophrenic delusions... But never mind, I've
found me the ideal job. I'm going to run for President!
- Major Honey, scripted by Grant Morrison, Doom Patrol #46, August 1991.
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