Have you ever had to put an ‘in progress’ story aside because of the emotional ties with it? You were hurting with the characters or didn’t know how to proceed? I even went on a tour of the Tesla car factory! For A Full Plate I looked up a lot of stuff about cooking, private jets, and the logistics of creating flying cars, among other things. The town of Rattlesnake is fictional too, but it’s based on some real places in California gold rush country, and it has such substance in my head that I once honestly forgot Mae’s Café isn’t real (and was disappointed with the realization).Įven a contemporary novel set in a real place requires research.
For example, the city of Tellomer exists only in my novel Brute, but to build it, I did a lot of research on medieval cities and castles. That doesn’t mean I can’t embroider on reality-that’s the creative part-but the foundation is often based on what’s really out there. Imaginary universes feel a lot more real when they bear similarities to ours. Also, it really annoys me when the smallest details aren’t right.Įven when I make up an entire world, I do research to back it up. Partly because I’m a great big nerd, partly because it’s an occupational hazard of my day job (university professor). ~ Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words Interview with Kim Fielding ~ĭoes research play a role into choosing which genre you write? Do you enjoy research or prefer making up your worlds and cultures? Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words is happy to have Kim Fielding here today talking about writing, characters and her latest release in the Dreamspun Desires line from Dreamspinner Press, A Full Plate.
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