Every day I write the book

[sallytuppence]

One good thing about writing this second book is that novel research involves cooking and eating a lot of bacon. I haven't yet quite figured out how best to cook bacon, however. I have tried the jaylake method, which involves throwing a hunk of sliced bacon into a cast-iron pan and letting it cook for, what, an hour? over low heat

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[gregvaneekhout]

Poor little guy!

I think my book needs more beer in it.

[sallytuppence]

Too much beer=an oxymoron.

Actually, more beer in the book would be good. I love the beer drinking scene--Harmed and the biker babe--at the beginning. Because Harmed is cute when he's drunk (ask Sandra, I bet she'll agree).

[gregvaneekhout]

I think that's the scene where I felt like I was starting to get a handle on Harmed's character, so I'm especially pleased that you liked it! Maybe I'll get him drunk again in the next chapter.

I'm at a coffee joint in West LA right now, soon to go out for dinner with some friends, and I'm going to be giving menu items that include bacon extra special attention.

[rachel_swirsky]

Awww, poor Theo. I'm glad he's okay now.

The rats do seem to appreciate food, don't they? Heh. So now you know that if Con tames a rat, it'll sleep, rustle in its bedding, and peer.

[sallytuppence]

The rats do become very animated when somebody shows up with food!

Theo's just fine. His other front tooth was knocked loose, too, and it's hanging in there by a thread. He looks gruesome.

[jaylake]

Yes, my method requires patience, but, mmmm...

[sallytuppence]

I have tried your method, but can't seem to get it to work. Wrong kind of pan, maybe, or, more likely, turning the heat up too high.

And look at that! I mention your name and here you are! It's like...magic! A summoning spell!

[jaylake]

It helps to have very thick sliced bacon, btw. And yes, the magic of technorati! (I look once or twice a day for mentions of my name, mostly hunting reviews, actually.)

[sallytuppence]

Technorati, huh? Looked at it once, didn't get it.

Yesssss the thickly sliced bacon! We get it from the co-op, and it is nrrrrrmmmm.

[shaolingrrl]

Brave little guy.

I think I'm going to sit here a while and ponder the SF possibilities inherent in bacon.

Except it's making me hungry.

[sallytuppence]

SF possibilities inherent in bacon...

Yike! I don't even want to think about that.

Bacon is more of a fantasy trope, isn't it? Can you think of a single instance in SF where somebody eats bacon?

[silk_noir]

I'll have to throw it in. Somehow. Soy bacon, as most of the people populating the world of The Horses of Achilles are vegtarian and would faint if they got a whiff of it. Or I could have the Beast mention something about 'long pig bacon....'

:D

[sallytuppence]

That would be hilarious, though I can't see Vashti thinking it funny...

Part of the reason we had bacon this morning was because the family vegetarian was at a friend's house last night. When she got home, she paused on the doorstep, sniffed, and said, "You cooked bacon this morning, didn't you."

[sallytuppence]

I don't know about brave. Both of my kids are sort-of ruthlessly pragmatic...