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PatB
A lot of research had to go into this. For me, it was way too high tech and had too many characters for my feeble and aged mind. I had to do the same thing I do with David Baldachi's books, I have to list everybody on a separate page to understand the story. I also have trouble with 'acronyms instead of words of places. For instance, DOJ DHS NSA, but I did look them up.
"Joy Herring, Art Walters DOJ DHS Matt Nichols, Atkins (tester) ,George Finn, Derek King, Dan Hayden, NSA.
Now it is probably my personal problem and I am losing mental agility. You're a great writer, somehow I know you understand my situation.
posted by
WileyJohn
on September 19, 2012 at 6:02 PM
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so well written and plausable that it is kinda scary ...My goodness you are
brilliant.
posted by
Kabu
on September 19, 2012 at 4:10 PM
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i love the story...intriguing....but you might want to label your story part 1, part 2 etc....that way its easier for us readers to know if where we left off if we miss some of it... 
posted by
Annicita
on September 19, 2012 at 12:07 PM
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Re: CCT "nice to have such information at one's finger tips."
Actually, CCT, I did a lot of study and research, and talked to folks I know who are highly skilled tech gurus. After the original project, which was a NaNoWriMo (50,000 words in 30 days) novel, I did more research and a lot of revision.
posted by
Pat_B
on September 19, 2012 at 11:08 AM
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Goodness you are a bright girl Pat, nice to have such information at one's finger tips.
posted by
C_C_T
on September 19, 2012 at 10:19 AM
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Re: "event horizon"
It was intentional. WhiteEarth's ability to infiltrate government agencies at will and unchallenged is at this point lost.
posted by
Pat_B
on September 19, 2012 at 8:36 AM
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Pat
Excellent! BTW, I'm not sure whether you used the term 'event horizon' intentionally - in physics, the 'event horizon' surrounding a Black Hole is the point at which, once crossed, everything is irretrievably lost. It could be an interesting analogy in a spy novel...
posted by
Nautikos
on September 19, 2012 at 7:43 AM
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Keep it coming!
posted by
adnohr
on September 19, 2012 at 5:16 AM
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