Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their research for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Ben Tanzer considers how being simultaneously true to an experience and true to a story can be more complicated than it first seems. + Tonic I suppose one could ask what…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their research for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Jane Roper shares some of the bricks of experience that became the foundation for her novel Eden Lake. + Searching my memory for Eden Lake When you write a novel, you…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their research for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, William Walsh writes about working with source texts from James Joyce in his new collection Unknown Arts, available from “Keyhole Press”:”:http://keyholepress.com/authors/william-walsh/books/unknown-arts/. Rejoyce: Unknown Arts Unknown Arts is a book of texts…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their research for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Corwin Ericson reveals the “truth” behind his postmodern maritime epic Swell, available from Dark Coast Press. + Cetology in Swell Research? Pshaw. I made it all up. Here, the publisher swears…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their research for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Ryan Bradley reflects on combining autobiography with imagination in his novel Code For Failure, which is available for preorder now from Black Coffee Press. And in the meantime, why not listen…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their research for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Berit Ellingsen shares some background on her philosophical novel The Empty City. + Philosophies and spiritual traditions from all over the world, mention a silence or an emptiness. Through a direct…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their research for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Rusty Barnes writes about the complications of writing from family memory for his collection Mostly Redneck. + The Perils and Pratfalls of Researching Fiction One of the ways you can tell…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their research for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Colin Winnette invites some friends to help him think about the research behind his novel Revelation, available now from Mutable Sound. It’s on the long side, so pour your coffee first,…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their research for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Laura Ellen Scott reflects on trying to get New Orleans right for her novel Death Wishing, which we reviewed here. + Handle the Truth: Learning vs Knowing I don’t think I’ve…

We’re pleased to present the first post in a new series here at Necessary Fiction: Research Notes, in which authors describe their research for a recent book — with “research” defined as broadly as they like. Getting things started, Matthew Salesses writes about his novella The Last Repatriate, recently launched by Nouvella Books. Print copies…