The Joy of Research

I'm starting to do research for the third book in the Matthew and Epp series. Technically I research things constantly in a "Look at that guy! Could I use that guy in a story? Did you hear that noise? Maybe I could use that noise somewhere!" sort of way.

But recently I've started to actually do reading research to prepare for the upcoming books. I need to learn about ancient Rome, clothes, Australian penal colonies, and a few other tidbits.

A lot of people, when I tell them that I write...