Donna Barker asked Mike Hartner:

What is a rough estimate of the amount of time you spend doing research for your stories versus the time you spend writing?

Mike Hartner Due to the beauty and accessibility of the internet, it's probably close to 5:1. % hrs spent seriously writing to each hour of research. Most of my research is done in point form. So, in I, James when I wanted to write about the spices that Rosalind used... I researched the trade routes of the day and found the Spice Islands ( Indonesia) and China in the trade routes.

flag