Okay, so research is slowing down, and I had to wait a whole week before I had enough interesting stuff to blog about. To be fair, some of this stuff I didn’t technically Google, because I knew which site to search, but in my mind, it’s still Googling. Whatever. Google is going to take over the internet anyway, and we’re going to have to pay 5 cents for every time we mention the word.

Onward…

1. I had a minor character, with about 2 sentences of description, and she’s got dark hair and deep eyes. My first inclination was to make her a goth, or at least goth-like. But then I thought, should she be an emo instead? What’s the difference between a goth and an emo? So…googled “goth vs emo.” Didn’t find any wrestling references, thank goodness. Did find other variations of this same theme: neogoths, scene, post-punk, etc. Whoa. Talk about shades of gray. Decided to go with goth, because they are at least happier people.

2. Random word spellings and exact definitions for “Anne Boleyn,” “buzz” (yes, I spelled that one correctly), and “elysian.”

3. I also needed a place for Ben to want to visit in London, and I remembered an attraction I had visited when I was fresh out of high-school. Across the bridge from the Tower of London is a little hole-in-the wall museum call the London Dungeon. Totally gruesome and inappropriate, but fascinating for someone in their teens. I once wrote a research paper for an English class on “Medieval Weaponry,” and that teacher was there when we toured the museum. She said, “I can’t believe you talked me into seeing this. I should have known better, after that paper you wrote.” Ben never does get to see the museum. It might be on his bucket list, though.

4. Finally, the rival gang to Prospero’s gang needed a better leader name. It used to be Ruglund, but I wasn’t liking it. I thought of a good name, and did a quick Google to see if it was anyone super-famous that might sue me for libel. Lucky for me, there aren’t too many “Otto Rathbones” out there.

And thus continues a typical week for research. Once I finish polishing book one, I’ll be querying more, and then cracking the whip on book two editing. Joy. And, at some point, I’ll be working up ideas to finish the series with book three. That’s about all book three is right now, a bunch of notes.

With that, I am reminded of the verse in Prov 16:3. “Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and your plans will succeed.” It is not my work, but his. Sola gloria deo.