tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post5200882221991526139..comments2024-03-19T14:52:00.000-07:00Comments on Coming Down the Mountain: Consulting an ExpertKaren Jones Gowenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11378428503220197256noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-78275219536436986332010-07-27T21:13:38.288-07:002010-07-27T21:13:38.288-07:00I'm a Googler. I think I Google everything I ...I'm a Googler. I think I Google everything I have a question on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-17545291739217015242010-07-27T19:25:14.204-07:002010-07-27T19:25:14.204-07:00I don't understand how adding water to the air...I don't understand how adding water to the air in an already humid climate helps make things cooler. This is why I never bothered taking physics in HS. My brain only holds so much info at one given point in time.<br /><br />My brother sounds a lot like your husband. Sometimes he'll drop some tidbit of information on me and I'm fairly well convinced he's not really human, but an android...though he swears he isn't. But I'm largely a Google girl myself.Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03726858055689145824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-56822464171684116382010-07-27T19:10:06.085-07:002010-07-27T19:10:06.085-07:00I google. I have a ton of reference books. Most of...I google. I have a ton of reference books. Most of my worlds don't exist for google is used for just frame reference. My other books I use to keep my imagination flowing. <br /><br />The Man helps me keep thing realistic though. He's an awesome beta reader.Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16915603693944523761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-22167337347104341052010-07-27T15:46:19.968-07:002010-07-27T15:46:19.968-07:00It kinda depends what I'm after, but the inter...It kinda depends what I'm after, but the internet is awesome..go Google!Lynda R Young as Elle Cardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09975442291393246148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-44019718188378734742010-07-27T12:45:50.756-07:002010-07-27T12:45:50.756-07:00Google is always a fantastic back-up for me, but I...Google is always a fantastic back-up for me, but I also use my blog buddies that I know where they live, what they study and I use them (in all good ways) to help me better understand. Google can teach you things but people with real life stories, those are the people I listen too!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03667521490706435608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-36517742437727181492010-07-27T12:20:36.984-07:002010-07-27T12:20:36.984-07:00I'm glad you found your way to writing even if...I'm glad you found your way to writing even if you were shy, unsure, and had a house full of children for a long while. <br /><br />Your husband sounds like my father, who is also the go-to guy for questions. He'd definitely be a lifeline on "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?". <br /><br />I use books, Google, Wikipedia, and people who are experts. Lydia Kang answered my eye question for my WIP for "Medical Mondays" last week.<br /><br />Good luck with your swamp fan!Theresa Milsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03477761307315565259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-69187051397916891612010-07-27T12:00:27.734-07:002010-07-27T12:00:27.734-07:00DH is my book of knowledge. I am intrigued by your...DH is my book of knowledge. I am intrigued by your machine, Cyprus is very hot and humid. It might be useful.<br /><br />Avenal caught my eye, my mother's maiden name is Avenell.Glynis Peters https://www.blogger.com/profile/01175378917872403609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-62487535735933295332010-07-27T08:03:01.290-07:002010-07-27T08:03:01.290-07:00In Michigan we have a HUMIDIFIER hooked to the fur...In Michigan we have a HUMIDIFIER hooked to the furnace, because it's dry in winter, and a DE-humidifier that runs in our basement in summer because there is too much moisture.<br /><br />I love that your husband is so full of trivia! I love having a reference person to ask.Hart Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17599570189253229318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-64424310232227130922010-07-27T07:46:58.299-07:002010-07-27T07:46:58.299-07:00I think our spouses would get along.(: My husband...I think our spouses would get along.(: My husband is a walking encyclopedia. I doubt there's a book/classic he hasn't read, or a word in the dictionary he doesn't know. When I was preparing for the vocabulary portion of the Graduate Record Exam,he only missed one word in the entire book. I felt like Forrest Gump next to hubby. <br /><br />In my novel I had to explain the reason God does not interfere with man. After reading the excerpt to my husband, he said, "Yeah, that's the ----theory." I looked it up and bingo! he was spot on. Although the theory has nothing to do with God, it echoed my sentiment. Needless to say, I added it to my prose. Between my husband, Wikipedia and research books on the Mayans, I can't lose.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00501918398545296619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-50463334367885677722010-07-27T05:32:15.874-07:002010-07-27T05:32:15.874-07:00Hooray for handy husbands and sons!
As for consu...Hooray for handy husbands and sons! <br /><br />As for consulting experts, I'm a Google gal. Also YouTube. It's amazing what people will video and share--it can be very helpful, especially when researching places you haven't visited but your characters have.Linda G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04576828490765434497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-56289698585318997082010-07-26T20:32:16.825-07:002010-07-26T20:32:16.825-07:00I remember swamp coolers! They really ought to com...I remember swamp coolers! They really ought to come up with a more marketable name for the suckers, don't you think?<br /><br />My hubs has an incredible memory for trivial stuff...mostly sports stats and scores. I don't get how he remembers it all...but he does somehowVicki Rochohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07381089434014961076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-87573567174686310672010-07-26T17:52:55.274-07:002010-07-26T17:52:55.274-07:00Thank goodness no one fell off the roof :)
I'...Thank goodness no one fell off the roof :)<br /><br />I'm a google kind of girl - although, honestly, I hate research and wish I could just ask someone for a quick answer.Jaydee Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01069805915071090479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-70972859416777289512010-07-26T15:55:10.322-07:002010-07-26T15:55:10.322-07:00My answer would have to be all of the above. My hu...My answer would have to be all of the above. My husband has a great memory and knows facts that I wonder how he knows, but I still hit Google often. Occasionally, I try the learning by doing option.Jane Kennedy Suttonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12519340747761460017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-61032933495581457272010-07-26T14:54:31.908-07:002010-07-26T14:54:31.908-07:00That's great that you have an authority to tur...That's great that you have an authority to turn to! I've used a lot of people I know...and lots of Google!Tamara Hart Heinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07562765111202443160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-36479898897862286262010-07-26T13:47:35.281-07:002010-07-26T13:47:35.281-07:00I love that you consult your husband before you co...I love that you consult your husband before you consult Google! I google everything, all the time. Probably on average 20-30 times per blog post I write. Maybe if I could borrow your husband every now and then I wouldn't have to... <br /><br />So glad that both your encyclopedia and your son got back down safely, and that your house is now cool and at the right level of humid!Cruella Colletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11422848273167338884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-15348677233138906762010-07-26T13:11:48.335-07:002010-07-26T13:11:48.335-07:00I'm like Simon and use all of the above. No to...I'm like Simon and use all of the above. No tool should be left alone when authenticating a new world from scratch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-88313382146778945972010-07-26T13:06:26.891-07:002010-07-26T13:06:26.891-07:00Google. Definitely Google. I don't think I&#...Google. Definitely Google. I don't think I'd be any kind of a writer without the Internet.Queeniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06988379866736219329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-86572352758913454512010-07-26T12:53:33.275-07:002010-07-26T12:53:33.275-07:00Summer, I can't even put those 3 words togethe...Summer, I can't even put those 3 words together in my head-- animal shelter, Georgia and swamp cooler-- no wonder you're shuddering. I bet it felt like you were breathing wet fur. Someone should've told that place they are for DRY climates only.Karen Jones Gowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01153821980625034810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-73868073832170359822010-07-26T12:46:37.019-07:002010-07-26T12:46:37.019-07:00Oh my--a swamp cooler. The animal shelter where I ...Oh my--a swamp cooler. The animal shelter where I used to work (here in GEORGIA) used one. To say there was an abundance of humidity...It was miserable. Miserable! Just reading those two words makes me shudder. <br /><br />I'm a Google fiend. I love Google. I ask it all kinds of things....sigh.Summer Freyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04234534550255682010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-24976325891960809092010-07-26T12:37:45.872-07:002010-07-26T12:37:45.872-07:00My husband knows everything...or at least that'...My husband knows everything...or at least that's what our boys believe :)DJ Kirkbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08481107164497582398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-52706193310263920292010-07-26T12:14:24.582-07:002010-07-26T12:14:24.582-07:00Thank heaven they got it fixed on such a hot day. ...Thank heaven they got it fixed on such a hot day. I love it when my husband can fix things - it's no fun to have to call someone in. We're both the learn-by-trying types, which is great except when we can't figure something out. ;)MTeacresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00381461599028233499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-85771385739365072482010-07-26T12:09:58.255-07:002010-07-26T12:09:58.255-07:00My Yahoo! groups and blogging buddies are my exper...My Yahoo! groups and blogging buddies are my experts and consultants. I would not be where I am today without them.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.stephentremp.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Stephen Tremp</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-85997460395532712142010-07-26T11:18:33.197-07:002010-07-26T11:18:33.197-07:00It helps that I have a dad who is brilliant with t...It helps that I have a dad who is brilliant with technical stuff like geography or engineering. Other than that I hit enter on Google or hit the library a lot. lol.Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04313619484424363895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-24955478442120630212010-07-26T11:16:22.848-07:002010-07-26T11:16:22.848-07:00Lots of things are almost only found on the intern...Lots of things are almost only found on the internet - but when it comes to places, I like to experience them in reality as much as I can!Privatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03018596012893869692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-36909300545914566262010-07-26T11:11:02.903-07:002010-07-26T11:11:02.903-07:00Haha it sounds like a lot of us married walking en...Haha it sounds like a lot of us married walking encyclopedias-- helpful when we need information, annoying when we don't.Karen Jones Gowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01153821980625034810noreply@blogger.com