Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Steve Karas writes about Kinda Sorta American Dream from Tailwinds Press. + If we’re going to dig deep, the research for this collection began decades ago, when I was a young…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Ashley Farmer writes about The Farmacist from Jellyfish Highway. + Research Index for The Farmacist Adjunct, agrarian, ambition, ambivalence, American dream, animal, anxiety, apple trees, avatar Banish, barn, beach, beta, bridge,…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Mairead Case writes about See You In The Morning from Featherproof Books. + I wish that publishing my novel See You In the Morning means I know how I wrote it,…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Erin Fitzgerald writes about Valletta78 from Outpost19. + Five Tips for Being Someone Different on the Internet Identify people who secretly feel they are underappreciated. This is nearly everyone, so it…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Lenore Myka writes about King of the Gypsies from BkMk Press. + My short story collection, King of the Gypsies, was inspired by my experiences as a Peace Corps volunteer living…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Jonathan Taylor writes about Melissa from Salt Publishing. + On Melissa, Musical Hallucinations and Neurology The idea for my novel, Melissa (Salt Publishing, 2015), originated — as all the best ideas…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Brandon Caro writes about Old Silk Road from Post Hill Press. + Non-Fiction The sound of rotor blades always made me feel like a grown-up. I’d only ever ridden on a…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Scott Nadelson writes about Between You and Me from Engine Books. + I began what would eventually become the novel Between You and Me when my wife was pregnant with our…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Bryan Hurt writes about Everyone Wants to Be Ambassador to France from Starcherone Books. + Everyone Wants to Be Ambassador to France: the long title of my book is also a…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Nadine Darling writes about She Came From Beyond! from The Overlook Press. + My Weird Heaven I was not a kid who was particularly… liked. I didn’t fit in with any…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Emily Anderson writes about Little: Novels from BlazeVOX. + Four years ago I started erasing Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House novels. I didn’t have a book in mind. I just wanted…