What an odd stocking stuffer, I thought—a five-inch Gumby-esque Wonder Woman, her limbs capable of metahuman positions. I tossed my husband a baffled look. No fan of the superhero, superpower stuff, I’ve always found my power in the ordinary, the everyday, the quiet people and deeds. “But you have been a Wonder Woman, writing […]
Okay, so I’m a little compulsive about contextual accuracy in my fiction writing. The smaller the detail, the more it delights me. The research for my historical novel took me across two countries and more than forty libraries and archives, in person and online. To me it was a treasure hunt, unearthing vital statistics, court, […]
How much research is enough? Fiction writers know the dilemma well. We want to know our characters intimately. How did their world look, smell, and feel to them? What did they eat, wear, have in their homes? How did they work, love, observe rituals, doctor themselves? The books and documents I amassed in researching my […]
