What is “enough research” for a science fiction novel?
What is “enough research” for a science fiction novel? – How To Write the Future podcast, episode 58 “My motto for myself around research specifically is: if it’s not fun, stop doing it.” In...
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Showing Off by Catharine Bramkamp
Keep focus on your primary topic, don’t show off how much you know by including unrelated facts and risk losing your reader.
Not a Solo Flight by Catharine Bramkamp
We all know the legend of Jack London the adventurer and prodigious writer. He is held up to authors as the epitome of the writer’s work ethic, publishing 50 fiction and non fiction books and hundreds of articles. He made his living by writing and always, always writing at least a 1,000 words a da
On Doing Historical Fiction Research with Carol Malone
In my weekly live #askaWritingCoach chat this week, Carol Malone and I chatted about tips for doing research for historical fiction. We also gave away prizes. Catharine gave away a copy of her novel, Fight Card...
Would You Go To Jail For Your Novel? by Carol Malone
We aren’t going to be able to do all our novel research on the internet. We have to get off our butts, climb out of our office chairs, pack a backpack, and leave the safety of our homes in order to get up-close-and-personal research for the sake of enriching our stories.
Research Feeds Creativity: The Forest? Or the Trees? By Kay Keppler
We’ve all heard the expression, “He can’t see the forest for the trees.” That means that someone can’t see the big picture because he’s too focused on details. Writers, however, have the opposite problem.
What Happens in Vegas, Gets Published to the Entire World
Extra! Welcome to another Indie Author spotlight this week, an article on how to research your novel by author Kay Keppler. Kay Keppler writes smart, funny contemporary romance, and other fun stuff. Her story on how she did research for her Vegas-based book is fun and informative. Enjoy! PS. Oh, be sure to visit her blog for a chance to win one of my writing books and many other fabulous prizes.
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