I love the questions I ask for research

I need some kind of yardstick by which to gauge the destructive potential of one stick of dynamite. Presuming it was jammed into a device built largely of sturdy wood nailed together, how large of a device could the dynamite effectively destroy? (For values of "destroy" that equal "render it completely inoperable, such that the thing can't really be repaired.")

I know that's a very imprecise description, and I'll be getting imprecise answers, but it would be nice to know if one stick would be enough to trash, say, a car-sized target, or more, or less.

120K! Actually, 122K!

I keep going backwards and forwards in this book, mucking around with crap in earlier scenes, then slapping words onto the end, and that's why I've netted more than 2K today, not counting the words replacing the ones I cut. I think I FINALLY have a working version of Hodge's Academy scene, which will be a bloody miracle if it's true. And the thing in there is paying off on the back end with the new scene I added tonight. We're getting into the Thrilling Climax now -- if I can just wrangle all the parties into position.

Three weeks to deadline, and some heavy lifting to do before then. I'm very excited about what I've got here, but I really need a mallet to beat this damned book into behaving itself.

Oh, and if you know anything about dynamite, please do comment on the previous post.


Word count: 122,086
LBR quota: Blood. And Dead Rick loves me for it.
Authorial sadism: Aside from the Horrible Thing I Can't Tell You About . . . Dead Rick not getting the specific blood he wants. (Not yet.)