Research to Right the Wrongs … and Mary Poppins

Research to Right the Wrongs … and Mary Poppins

I have a special guest, Lee Lofland, over at The Kill Zone Blog today. If you write (or read) cop-related stories, you’ll definitely want to see what he has to say about things writers get wrong.

In his words: “Writers sometimes bypass the research portion of their craft and rely on rehashing outdated inaccuracies and dog-tired cliches about police. Unfortunately, allowing those blunders to wiggle and squirm their way into dialog, scenes, character...