If it's Tuesday, it must be Belgium

aloysius5

Dec 31

And probably would be, if I was away on holidays in Europe, simply because I've always wanted to be in Belgium on a Tuesday just so I could use that line.

By the way, it's out of a movie, but I'm not sure which one. Obviously, it wasn't that great if I can't remember it.

But...

Searching for locations for my stories takes a lot of time and effort, using Google Earth and other means like street view. Finding houses, or apartments required a great deal of real estate research, almost to the point of buying a property.

Is there any better way to see the street it's in, the neighbors, the neighborhood, and inside the house and gardens. Almost as if you lived there, which of course you do in the story.

In reality, I'm in Canada on the trans-Canada highway heading towards Banff, on icy roads in winter. Yes, that's where we were this year in early January, getting a feel for the place, the roads, the weather, the people, and the places.

Cold, yes. Atmospheric, yes, exciting, double yes. Sometimes research is really fun, well, I don't call it that, otherwise everyone else will think it was not the birthday treat that it was meant to be.

And was.

My wife's 65th birthday will be one she certainly will never forget.

So..,

Writing is proceeding better now that I've knuckled down. The Trans-Canada experience has been translated into a story attached to a photo and will be posted soon

The treasure hunt has taken shape, now that it's moved beyond the initial two episodes, and we're digging in for the long haul. New players, and contingency plans. Evil will be lurking behind and under every rock.

And as for the helicopter crash and its aftermath, this morning a new idea and direction came to me, and this saw frantic scribble notes before I lost it. At least, I was not in the shower this time.

It's going to have three parts, the first is nearly done, the second, clearly formed in my mind, the third, well isn't that always about retribution or revenge.

We shall see.

And the Being Inspired series just got 39 and 40 written, and ready to be published.