Research and Other Killers

by Janis PattersonI don’t care how hard you research your facts, how meticulously you look things up, you’re going to miss something. And once the book is out someone will call you on it. Sometimes someone will call you on it even if you’re right.
Sigh.
Research is necessary to make your book as true to life as possible – and that is important. Writers who ignore facts show their readers an insulting disrespect.
However, sometimes no amount of research turn up the facts that you need. Until lat...