Help! I'm buried under a pile of reference books!
Last night I started on the research for my next book/series. I won't reveal the story idea yet, but I'll say that it's a time travel story that involves the US Constitutional Congress and what our Founding Fathers intended.
I should have been prepared for this, but last night I was struck by the sheer volume of research I'll need to do. I've found a lot of resources and I hope I can stitch it together into a coherent story that is less than a million pages (not kidding).
The problem is that there are so many interesting characters and ideas that were floated at the convention. Plenty of books have been written about George Washington and Benjamin Franklin, not to mention a Broadway show about Hamilton.
I think it's going to have to be a series of short episodes so there's a much shorter time between releases.
I have my work cut out for me.
I should have been prepared for this, but last night I was struck by the sheer volume of research I'll need to do. I've found a lot of resources and I hope I can stitch it together into a coherent story that is less than a million pages (not kidding).
The problem is that there are so many interesting characters and ideas that were floated at the convention. Plenty of books have been written about George Washington and Benjamin Franklin, not to mention a Broadway show about Hamilton.
I think it's going to have to be a series of short episodes so there's a much shorter time between releases.
I have my work cut out for me.
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Laurie
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Jul 01, 2021 01:27PM
The idea for your next book sounds so interesting. I can certainly relate to how extensive research can bed. And, of course, one thing leads to another. The process is fun and interesting, but also time-consuming. And, as you said, you have to just stop somewhere. Or your idea for many smaller books might work, too.
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