While I did a lot of research on a wide variety of subjects but the one point of research that sticks out the most clearly in my mind was for the scene in "Dying Embers" where a character begins to suffer from a mysterious from of anemia. (Go ahead and click the link! Learn something.) Now by that point in the story I knew what the cause of the anemia was as I had worked out the details of the problem to a very fine degree, but I was still a little unsure of what the symptoms would be other than extreme fatigue and lethargy. This required research, more than just a search engine could provide. So I did what any self respecting author would do. I bribed a friend.
Fortunately I was in good with my personal doctor. Even more fortunately she lives near Portland, OR and works in McMinnville, OR so coming up to her and asking what effect a ferrous-chelating alien particle would have on a human system just got me a thoughtful explanation and not a mental exam. (THAT was completely unrelated.) So remember, cookies get you information!
Fortunately I was in good with my personal doctor. Even more fortunately she lives near Portland, OR and works in McMinnville, OR so coming up to her and asking what effect a ferrous-chelating alien particle would have on a human system just got me a thoughtful explanation and not a mental exam. (THAT was completely unrelated.) So remember, cookies get you information!
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