Research — How to Uncover the Truth: Guest Post by Marie Lavender

Marie Lavender

There’s a big reason why I don’t write historical novels—the idea of all that research intimidates me!

The names, the dates, the food and clothing. The actual places and events that may make their way into the storyline—and the details that showed I did (or failed to do!) my homework.

And then there are the idioms and slang terms that could – and would! – trip me up. Nope, I’d rather read ‘em than write ‘em!

Luckily for me and the rest of us, Marie Lavender hasn’t let all that...