A Tricky Balance

By R.J. Harlick
Research is a little like an iceberg. A lot of it doesn’t show. How do you decide how much research to put into your work?
Though I’m writing fiction and could invent a world as fanciful as my imagination will conjure up, I do try to be as accurate as possible when it comes to writing aspects of the story that reflect the real world. I want my readers to be able to immerse themselves in my stories, without being rudely brought back to the real world by inconsistencies they know...