When Research Slows Things Down

When Research Slows Things Down

I write fiction. I get to make stuff up. But not all the time. The current WIP is requiring unexpected research. I’ve got two major storylines going, one in the present, one in the past.

Mapleton is a made up town, but it’s set in the very real state of Colorado. I’ve never pinpointed exactly where in Colorado, but given where my characters go when they need to get to a ‘real’ city, it’s somewhere in the area of Denver. If I’d started writing the first Mapleton b...