Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Gisele Firmino writes about The Marble Army from Outpost 19. + When Brazilians were preparing themselves to vote for presidential elections for the first time after living through a military regime…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Paraic O’Donnell writes about The Maker of Swans from Weidenfeld & Nicolson. + By rights, The Maker of Swans ought to have required almost no research at all. The story interleaves…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Andrew F. Sullivan writes about Waste from Dzanc Books. + Renovating with the Easter Bunny The library was under renovation. The microfiche stations were down in the basement, tucked away in…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Lavinia Ludlow writes about Single Stroke Seven from Casperian Books. + Back in the ’90s, I’d find excuses to invite myself over to a friend’s cable-accessible house to watch VH1’s Behind…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Beth Hahn writes about The Singing Bone from Regan Arts. + My uncle was a hippie — a 70’s hippie, with friends who came back from Viet Nam, and friends who…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Kathy Fish and Robert Vaughan write about their collaborative collection Rift from Unknown Press. + Kathy Fish My “research” for the stories in Rift was mostly in the form of Googling…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Mark de Silva writes about Square Wave from Two Dollar Radio. + Writing a novel, especially a first one, pretty clearly just is a kind of research project, even if that’s…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Libby Cudmore writes about The Big Rewind from William Morrow. + I’ve always spoken in pop music. I failed French, but I can find a song that captures the essence of…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Amy L. Clark writes about Adulterous Generation from Queen’s Ferry Press. + Most of the stories in Adulterous Generation are about young people in varying degrees of distress. While each is…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Abby Geni writes about The Lightkeepers from Counterpoint Press. + Mysteries and Memoirs It began with Agatha Christie, as so many things do. In a moment of curiosity, I picked up…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Leland Cheuk writes about The Misadventures of Sulliver Pong from CCCLaP Publishing. + When I think about what inspired my dark comedy about a dysfunctional family beyond my own autobiography, I…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Adrienne Celt writes about The Daughters from Liveright. + Her Ambitions: how my mother helped me write my first book My mother told me that she was going to be an…