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[annundriel]

There is something about my new haircut that makes me feel cool and adult. I love it.

Also, we have our first snow! There's no way it's going to stick, since it's been raining all day. But still! Snow!

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[juliarchy.livejournal.com]

Yeah I thought about Leavenworth in the sense that it is kind of an "olden days" town. The thing about the character is that he is fearful and paranoid. So the "cleansing" thing isn't where he is at in his life. I don't think he would care what the town was like, so much as it seemed safe and away from potential disasters (i.e. earthquake, tsunami, bio-terrorist attack.)

I know that sounds ludicrous (and sometimes I think that it is) but I promise it will work :)

[annundriel.livejournal.com]

Not ludicrous.

Well, in Mattawa you'd defitely be safe from basically any kind of disaster. Except for if Hanford blew up. Depending on which way the wind was blowing. Hanford was where the plutonium for the atomic bombs for WWII was made. It's a breeder reactor. Maybe 20 miles away from Mattawa. BUT the likelihood of that happening is, like, one in a million. But interesting fact, though. We drive past it when we go to the Tri-Cities.

Randomly, Mattawa was on The X-Files! Of course, it looked like Vancouver, BC. But still.

Also, Spanish is very important there. It's orchard and vineyard country along the river, so lots of migrant workers.

There's also Desert Aire, which is about five miles from Mattawa and is more of a retirement community. They have a golf course and an air strip.

I am intensely curious about what you're working on.

[juliarchy.livejournal.com]

Ohh this is getting better by the minute. I want to check out Hanford. Is there still an old plutonium plant? Crazy. But that's good to know. You are a wealth of knowledge.

I can basically tell you what I'm working on is some crazy idea for a novel I got while sitting in Emergency Preparedness conferences for my work. I thought it was insane how "into" preparedness these people were. The speaker mentioned something about how she keeps a suitcase of things she would want saved in her bedroom closet in case of emergency. She then gave us her address so that if we were in the area when an emergency happened we just might remember and go save that suitcase. This is where my brain clicked in...

That would make a great story! And then I outlined it and am trying to place it locally since I feel it makes a story better when you know interesting details about the area.

Once I actually get anywhere on it (all I have is a lengthy, confusing outline) you can definitely be my editor if interested, because I know that you'll be honest and good.

[annundriel.livejournal.com]

Hanford is still active. There's a mess as far as nuclear waste and the state has been wrestling with how to dispose of it. Hanford also happens to be on one of most pristine legs of the Columbia River because the government owns most of the land, so it's never been developed.

I watched a thing on PBS about Hanford and the town that was built around it during WWII not too long ago. But the town's not there anymore.

As for your preparedness conference....That is crazy. By which I don't necessarily mean insane. I mean, I can understand having a plan and having something set aside with provisions, but other than that...There's a point where you start living too much in the potentially doomed future.

And I agree with you about area details making a story better. Especially for people from the area, because than it's fun to go, "I've been there! I know exactly where they're talking about."

I am very flattered and would definitely be interested in giving you any editing help I can.

[juliarchy.livejournal.com]

Do I have an updated email for you? Can you give it to me just so I can be sure? I have a yahoo email for you. Let me know if that is good! This discussion is probably best done over email.

[annundriel.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the yahoo one is good, as long as it's annundriel @ yahoo.com (without the spaces).