An Author’s Search History, Or: How To Look Like A Murder Suspect Without Even Trying
My best friend and I have a deal: whichever one of us outlives the other deletes the recently deceased’s search history. No questions asked — except, I guess, by ouija board. We’re both writers, and when we talk about an author’s search history, we mean something…a little bit different from your average, everyday perversity.
As a millennial, I grew up when the internet was wild and untamed. My generation were there when all the grossest memes were born and we lived to tell the tale. (Put simply, it takes a lot to scare us.) Those of you who were there might be thinking, But what could be worse to have in your search history than “2 girls 1 cup” or — God forbid — “1 man 1 jar”? †
Well, buddy, I’m so glad you asked.
As fiction writers, we need to know things. Horrible things. Things like: What do dead bodies look like? Would X, Y, and Z kill a man (and how quickly)? What happens if a monarch gets assassinated 100+ years after a certain archduke? What did embalming smell like in the 16th century? OK, that last one’s just kind of weird, but you see where I’m going with this.
So, for your reading enjoyment, here’s an author’s search history, or: how to look like a murder suspect without even trying?
An Author’s Search History, Or: How To Look Like A Murder Suspect Without Even Trying
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† If you don’t know what these mean, be happy, and Google at your own risk.
Want more writer humor? Check out M. Lynx Qualey’s list of the best “Hi, I’m a Writer in a Movie” memes and Alysia Stevenson’s essay on the five phases of writer’s block.
