My package of research books for The Box came yesterday.  Three books, over twelve hundred pages.   I think there’s going to be a lot of great ideas in them, but – as usually happens with me and writing and research – I’ve jumped back into the manuscript and so they’re going to collect dust for a while. The [...]

Things I learned Saturday morning at the mortuary: -Wikipedia is great as a starting point, but gets a lot of stuff wrong (duh!) -People die 24-7 and the funeral director has to be available to pick up the deceased and, often, begin work on the body immediately, even in the middle of the night.  Many [...]