Showing posts with label Google search. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Google search. Show all posts

Thursday, March 10, 2011

Have you Done your Google Today?

My search question of the day: Do they sell liquor in Graceland?

First, it immediately made me start thinking - hey, good book title.  Next, I thought - if my computer was seized, what conclusion would THAT lead someone to? Last, I knew that no matter what answer I came up with when the passing reference showed up in a book, someone, somewhere would complain that I got it wrong.

Btw, I did not get the easy answer I wanted but a barrage of stuff that, while might be helpful, wasn't going to help me vet that one line of dialog about wanting a drink before taking a tour of Elvis Presley's former home.
I did find some REALLY useful stuff at Wikipedia. Or maybe not. Okay,  I confess, I changed the line a bit to work either way.



Writers can't be everywhere so that's why there's the internet.
I'd love to hear from other writers - what did you Google... on Bing... or Wikipedia...today?