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…

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…