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…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Vanessa Blakeslee writes about Juventud from Curbside Splendor. + When the premise for Juventud took root in my imagination and I knew the story largely took place in Colombia, one 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, Julia Elliott writes about The New and Improved Romie Futch from Tin House. + My debut novel, The New and Improved Romie Futch, describes the plight of a floundering South Carolina…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Elise Blackwell writes about The Lower Quarter from Unbridled Books. + I once jokingly tweeted to the NSA that my sketchy browsing history could be explained by the fact that 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, Helen Phillips writes about The Beautiful Bureaucrat from Henry Holt. + 1. First, the title. A pair of words, Beautiful, Bureaucrat: dropping into my mind as I sat at my desk…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Susanna Medina writes about Philosophical Toys from Dalkey Archive. + Philosophical Toys … & Connecting Neuro Clusters … Every new book, it’s like beginning anew and yet, there are a series…