My Passion's Pen

For some writers, research is a nasty 8 letter word that should not be uttered in their presence.

For others, research is one of the most exciting parts of writing a book.

For most, whether you like to do research or not, it can drain hours of your writing time leaving you to wonder if you are ever going to get some actual writing done.

What does it mean to “research a book”?

There are a hundred different ways to answer that question with even more methods to do it in. Researching a book is basically taking the time to learn about:

• A place/location you are writing about
• A period in time you are writing about
• A culture you are writing about

It can be as simple as:

• Looking up the location on the internet to get a basic idea or traveling to that location to get a real sense of the…