Maybe it’s because we’re in the dog days of August, but I’ve been spending a ridiculous number of hours doing research on the web this month. Which is to say I’ve been wasting a ridiculous number of hours this month. For example, I love the rhythm and sound of certain phrases, so today I went through the entire alphabet of collective nouns for animals over at askOxford.com . An ostentation of peacocks, a host of angel fish, a leap of leopards–I now know exactly the right way to refer to a group of any number of creeping, crawling critters.Then there are other wonderful time-sinks, such as http://www.forensic-evidence.com/, which has an impressive amount of information related to forensic science. Another good site is the San Francisco Public Library Historical Photograph Collection. I actually don’t need any pictures relating to California’s history for my WIP, but at this point it doesn’t matter. Discipline-wise, I’m like the hungry gal who has rebelled against her diet and swan-dived into the hot fudge sundae.
I’ll settle back down to a strict writing routine in September, along with my diet. Really I will.
Meanwhile, do you have any good suggestions of places I can goof off on the web?