I love learning. If there are explosions involved, all the better. Let’s discuss Cage and Joule using leftover fireworks to blast their snowmen come late January. Or to blow up the rotting pumpkins come December. (That one set the yard on fire..in multiple places!!! Do not ask me how handy I am with the fire extinguisher)
But this one is about REAL explosions. The kind you can’t buy in a Sad Sam’s tent in the summer. I’ve done them myself. Gotten demos just for me. And then, there are ones like this. A full demo by the bomb squad and I’m so grateful to have gotten to attend at a writer’s conference.
I’ve watched (and taken copious notes!) the robot check a suspicious backpack, then detonate it for good measure. I’ve seen the team blast up everything from flashpaper to C4 to improvised devices. They all make different booms. And I learned how to set them off too. (I do love some det cord! It burns an orange sine wave on your retina as it lights up!)
So here is where I managed to catch the explosion as it was happening! I will say, an author’s life is never dull. And if you’ve read FRACTURE FIVE, some of the things I learned from the blasts are in there!
If you need me, I’ll be over here, blowing shit up. You know, for research!