Accuracy: Getting the Facts Right

Yes, for once there's no pic of old, dead people..... just me, with one of my young fans (Shayne) at a great book-signing.
You see, when I read a book, or watch a movie ('film', sorry folks back home) I'm constantly drawn out of the plot by bad continuity, bad acting, stupid plot-lines, or by the bane of my existence... inaccurate history. It wastes the film/movie for me.
Yes, I'm a writer.
Yes, I write historical fiction.
But I'm also a fan of FACTS.
In any of my books, from the 600 page book in the picture above to our Vampire High School series... accurate facts are researched for almost every paragraph.
In my latest book, currently at 60,000 words, "A Connecticut Vampire in King Arthur's Court", I bring the two together... vampires and history.
But just because I'm writing in a genre that a lot of people dismiss as 'mush', doesn't mean that the story isn't good, or that the history is not researched.
On the contrary, I think I over-research it.
Apart from the vampire... every main or sub-character in the book is real; researched, and actually existed. Every town is real. Every historical fact, every action, every house, palace is real. The timeline of my plot is historically accurate to the day, even the hour.
I maybe write for an hour, and 'research' for another.
Yes, Wikipedia is fantastic, but I've also got an extensive library at home, with many books on the period.
And when it comes down to it, I want you to be so immersed in my books that you never want them to end.
And that makes it all worthwhile.
Okay, my rant is over, I'm going back to Christmas Day, 1501.
Have a great day. http://www.ianhallauthor.com/