Thank you for all of that. I, too, find it interesting to find out what is going through the mind of writer. Movies about authors is one of my favorite genres. (Even fictional ones - hello Secret Window! ha ha.) So thank you for sharing your process.

I saw an interview once with Aaron Sorkin. He explained how, when writing 'A Few Good Men' (the original play) he was working as a waiter and in between serving patrons he would jot down notes on napkins and transcribe them when he got home. Very inspiring but I'm not sure I have that dedication.

So I continue to dream. Congrats again, it's a huge undertaking and an accomplishment to be proud of!

DZ

This is awesome!!! I will definitely have to get a signed copy!

I was looking over some very old geocaching logs and stumbled across this entry...

The coordinates are N 36° 58.585 W 122° 07.099. It was/is in Wilder Ranch State Park just outside of Santa Cruz, CA.

Any sleuths out there that can track this one down from a 14 year old cache log?

Here's a direct link to that cache location.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/KVjsQyHMrr9imSns9

Are you looking for a letterbox there or a geocach there?

Sorry, just making sure which one I'm researching.

thanks,
condo

Letterbox

Edited to add: given the description, the letterbox would have been further east (uphill) than the coordinates I posted.

Perhaps it is this one?

https://www.atlasquest.com/showinfo.php?boxId=39869

Lucy is described as being in a “many trunked bay tree”.

I have not personally looked for this series, but it seems like it would be in that general area.

yeah, that is another one I was thinking about.

Hmm... You might be right. It might be worth a look next time I'm that way. Pretty vague clues tho...

🙃

Thanks for looking that up!

Is there a way to print the backpacks in Clue Tracker? The backpacks have been created and I'd like to print them out but don't see a way to do it.
I know how to print from AQ but to print from the 24 backpacks would be lovely as it's around 160 clues and they are already organized there.

Unfortunately, Clue Tracker does not allow you to print clues. You can share your lists with another Clue Tracker user or with yourself (to copy a list to a second device).

I'm not familiar enough with Clue Tracker but worse case scenario you could screen capture them and print them.. laborious as that may be, it would work.

Actually, thinking about it, if I screenshot text I can copy and paste from photos (my phone allows me to convert pics of text to actual text). Just store them all on a WordDoc or TextEdit and print that way.

I'm sure there's an easier way in CT, though.

Thank you. Was looking for a shortcut and wanted to make sure I wasn’t missing something.

Thank you.
I just printed off 160 clues on AQ and am now cataloging them into their appropriate piles. And nope it’s not tedious, got my helper Coconut 🐈‍⬛ who is expediting the process 🌪️ and making it fun!

One of the many, many things I love about Clue Tracker is I rarely print clues anymore. Unless the clue is exceptionally long or I need to collect a lot of info, I just use my phone. All the clues are there in the order that I want, and I feel less likely to draw attention to myself looking at my phone versus a piece of paper.

Woohoo!!! It arrived!

Same, I rarely ever print clues except when we know cell coverage will be minimal.
Printed clues are helpful then.

Yay for Coconut! 🧡

But that’s one of the great things about Clue Tracker. You don’t need cell coverage if you’ve saved the clues to the app.

I did not know that.
Alrighty then. I gave up sorting the printed clues a couple of hours ago and kind of felt bad. But not anymore!
Thank you for the heads up!

We have already heard the description of Letterboxing 101.

I looked up Blog Post Mortem. It appears to have a similar plot device as Word Processor of the Gods. It was made into an episode of Tales from the Darkside.

I may have seen this episode, but I'm pretty sure I haven't read the Stephen King story. Nevertheless, I have read or seen this story somewhere else.

I just ordered a copy from Amazon.
I can’t wait to read it!

I just hope it is worthy of residing next to your book.

If you know cell service is minimal, you can always save them in a backpack and get them whenever you need them. No cell service needed :-).

BB

It wasn’t my idea to print the backpacks, just saying…
Someone else suggested we print the clues and I offered to do it since I was gifted a printer and buckets of ink.
Dang I just learned to import the backpacks a couple of weeks ago thanks to you helping me out!

If you can string two sentences together without making 3 spelling and 4 grammar errors, then it's worthy enough!

I am resisting the temptation do dive into your book immediately, as I am flying cross-country this weekend and figure that will be the perfect time for some uninterrupted Silver Eagling!

I'd buy two out of three items in that photo

(though I do already have an author signed copy of Blog Post Mortem which I'm counting on for as a sizable asset of my retirement fund)

Well that's not a very nice thing to say about the new book!

As a veteran boxer, you should know that everything is clue. See that hair that the arrow is obviously pointing at, well... never mind, I know you are not supposed to post spoilers here.

One of those three dust jackets has seen a lot duty