{"id":3079,"date":"2018-02-08T06:17:30","date_gmt":"2018-02-08T13:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/?p=3079"},"modified":"2023-06-27T10:00:09","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T16:00:09","slug":"how-to-inhale-a-novel-literally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/08\/how-to-inhale-a-novel-literally\/","title":{"rendered":"How To: Inhale a Novel Idea (Literally)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;text-align: center;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/dot.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Email\",\"Print\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"big\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"bxwretlind\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"How%20To%3A%20Inhale%20a%20Novel%20Idea%20%28Literally%29\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/haboob.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" src=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/haboob-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"Haboob, Phoenix, 1997\" class=\"wp-image-3533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/haboob-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/haboob.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I grew up in Phoenix, learning about life through mistakes and experience. I moved away in 1990 only to return for a three-year stay a few years later thanks to the U.S. Air Force and its assignment system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1997, I stood on the western edge of town and snapped the above picture of a dust wall headed for me. It was tall, maybe 1000 feet high, and moving around 40 to 45 MPH. For those unaware, dust walls like these&#8211;<em>haboobs<\/em>&#8211;are relatively common, occurring once, twice or three times a year in picturesque ways. Formed by the expulsion of the guts of thunderstorms as upward vertical motion ceases, they carry dust and grime from the land below and move outward in an ever-widening arc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not satisfied with seeing this wall from a distance, I put away my camera and decided to wait until it engulfed me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FYI: agricultural dust hurts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The dust also leaves impressions, and if you&#8217;re not careful, what&#8217;s known as Valley Fever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Six years later, I started a little story about a girl dying to learn her place in the world while fearing the same dust clouds. That picture&#8211;that event&#8211;became a character, and even though <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3NwIZLs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Castles<\/em><\/a> is a novel about love, revenge and what brings a person to madness, the dust still sticks to my ribs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Literally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2006, while being evaluated for something else, the novel&#8211;or the impression left by the genesis of the novel&#8211;was found inside of me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The below picture is from a CAT scan of my lungs. The &#8220;dot&#8221; in the upper left corner (in green) is a nodule left behind by what&#8217;s known as <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/fungal\/diseases\/coccidioidomycosis\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">coccidioidomycosis<\/a><\/em>, the fungal infection I received while standing in the above wall of dust.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/lung.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/lung-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Lung\" class=\"wp-image-3559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/lung-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/lung-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/lung.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here&#8217;s a close up of the &#8220;impression&#8221; left by that dust storm:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/nodule.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"255\" src=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/nodule-300x255.jpg\" alt=\"nodule\" class=\"wp-image-3560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/nodule-300x255.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/nodule.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You see: you really can inhale a novel idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Learn more in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3NPNCli\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Creating Atmosphere with Atmosphere: How to Use Weather as a Literary Device<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3NPNCli\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/CAWA_ad.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19927\" width=\"400\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/CAWA_ad.jpg 800w, https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/CAWA_ad-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/CAWA_ad-768x595.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/inhale_novel_pin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/inhale_novel_pin-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5907\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/inhale_novel_pin-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/inhale_novel_pin-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/inhale_novel_pin-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/inhale_novel_pin.jpg 735w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div><div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;text-align: center;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/dot.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Email\",\"Print\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"big\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"bxwretlind\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"How%20To%3A%20Inhale%20a%20Novel%20Idea%20%28Literally%29\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You really can inhale a novel idea, especially if the novel involves dust and you stand in the middle of a dust storm. 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