Research

Research is as important for the fiction author as it is for the non-fiction author. Despite protestations to the contrary, we need to look up information that will make our book stronger. Even if it’s discovering the location of a city, the traditions of a country, or what the people in a certain area like to eat, we need to check out this information before we include it in our book.
The author in the know will do their research and go further than a Google search if they want their book to be liked. They’ll talk to people who have experienced events, if that’s possible, and write to organizations dedicated to maintaining records about them. In this way, they can give a flavor of history or showing the reader what was going on without being afraid someone will call them out for being inaccurate.
It would be horrible to have a reader point out in your historical fiction novel that you had the wrong person as president. What if you claimed the Civil War didn’t end with a surrender but by Northern forces overwhelming Southerners? Imagine the outrage if you mentioned that the president during Vietnam was Gerald Ford?
It’s the details that can make or break a book. It only takes seconds to verify or give you the correct information for your story. Take that time and get information right, or pay the price with poor reviews.


About K.C. Sprayberry
Born and raised in Southern California’s Los Angeles basin, K.C. Sprayberry spent years traveling the United States and Europe while in the Air Force before settling in northwest Georgia. A new empty nester with her husband of more than twenty years, she spends her days figuring out new ways to torment her characters and coming up with innovative tales from the South and beyond.                                                                                                  She’s a multi-genre author who comes up with ideas from the strangest sources. Those who know her best will tell you that nothing is safe or sacred when she is observing real life. In fact, she considers any situation she witnesses as fair game when plotting a new story.

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