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Tag: novel research

  • Posted on Wednesday, May 26, 2021
  • by Ehsaneh

Interview with Laura Brooke Robson, author of GIRLS AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD

I’m excited for this week’s interview with Laura Brooke Robson as we share an agent, the incredible Danielle Burby who…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, March 24, 2021Wednesday, March 24, 2021
  • by Ehsaneh

Interview with Leila Rafei, author of SPRING

I’m so excited about this week’s interview with Leila Rafei because I simply loved the real, flawed, and beautiful characters…

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  • Posted on Friday, January 1, 2021Friday, January 1, 2021
  • by Ehsaneh

Interview with Eliza Nellums, author of ALL THAT’S BRIGHT AND GONE

This week’s interview is with Eliza Nellum, whose debut novel, ALL THAT’S BRIGHT AND GONE, tells the story of Aoife Scott…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, October 28, 2020Monday, October 26, 2020
  • by Ehsaneh

Interview with Kelly Duran, author of CAN’T TAKE IT BACK

This week’s interview is with Kelly Duran, whose book CAN’T TAKE IT BACK tells the interconnected stories of four women…

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  • Posted on Monday, October 5, 2020Monday, October 5, 2020
  • by Ehsaneh

Interview with Catherine Wallace Hope, author of ONCE AGAIN

This week’s interview is with Catherine Wallace Hope whose book ONCE AGAIN releases tomorrow! Congratulations Catherine! Read below about ugly…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, September 30, 2020Saturday, September 26, 2020
  • by Ehsaneh

Interview with Laya Vivian Smith, author of THE LUMBERMILL

This week’s interview is with Laya Vivian Smith whose book THE LUMBERMILL released just last week! Congratulations Laya! Read below…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, March 25, 2020
  • by Karen Osborne

I’ve never had research come in handy like this before.

When you’re a science fiction author, you spend a lot of time with your head in the clouds. While other…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, March 24, 2020
  • by Kathleen West

Researching Mundanity: The Details in Contemporary Fiction

I wrote my first novel about a world I’d been living in forever: the large public school. As a teacher…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, July 25, 2018Tuesday, July 24, 2018
  • by Kimmery Martin

How To Love Researching Your Novel

Most of the time—to my surprise—I look forward to writing my weekly post for The Debutante Ball. This week, however,…

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  • Posted on Monday, July 23, 2018Sunday, July 22, 2018
  • by Cass Morris

Finding the Details that Fill a World

I. Love. Research. I mean, if you’ve read From Unseen Fire, you could probably guess that. As much as I’m…

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