Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Gabriel Urza writes about All That Followed from Henry Holt & Co. + Writing All That Followed was at times daunting from a research perspective, in that the book deals tangentially…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Wendy S. Walters writes about Multiply/Divide: On the American Real and Surreal from Sarabande Books. + In Multiply/Divide: On the American Real and Surreal (Sarabande), I spend time thinking about real…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Ruth Galm writes about Into The Valley from Soho Press. + People ask me how I came up with the premise of my debut novel Into the Valley, about a woman…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Benjamin Johncock writes about The Last Pilot from Picador. + The Process of Process Novel-writing is a terrible business that only a lunatic or a fool would attempt. It’s slow, inefficient,…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Linda Mannheim writes about Above Sugar Hill from Influx Press. + In 1995, I became obsessed with an unsolved murder case. Bruce Bailey had gone missing in 1989. A newspaper article…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, George McCormick writes about Inland Empire from Queen’s Ferry Press. + When I think about the research I did while writing my short novel Inland Empire the first thing that strikes…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Anthony Trevelyan writes about The Weightless World from Galley Beggar Press. + The rooftop bar of the Godwin Hotel in Colaba offers a remarkable view of Mumbai’s skyline. One side shows…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Dennis Mahoney writes about Bell Weather from Henry Holt & Co. + Researching an Imaginary World Bell Weather was my first foray into worldbuilding. Put simply, I made everything up as…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Nick Ripatrazone writes about Ember Days from Braddock Avenue Books. + “Ember Days,” the titular novella of my new collection of stories, began as a five-page story set in the shadow…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Tawnysha Greene writes about A House Made of Stars from Burlesque Press. + The final assignment for one of my first graduate classes in fiction writing was to write a secret…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Ben Tanzer writes about The New York Stories from CCLaP Publishing. In September 2020, a new edition was published by Tortoise Books with the title Upstate. + How do you approach…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Gavin Corbett writes about Green Glowing Skull from 4th Estate. + Research for my new novel, Green Glowing Skull, began while I was living in New York City. I knew little…