Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Ursula Villarreal-Moura writes about Math for the Self-Crippling, selected by Zinzi Clemmons as the Gold Line Press fiction contest winner. + Houses What’s more hypnotic than knowing every detail of 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, Christopher Linforth writes about The Distortions, published by Orison Books. + I had moved to the US after a life in the UK and some periods residing in the former Yugoslavia.…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Andrew Key writes about Ross Hall, published by Grand Iota. + I can pinpoint the moment the idea for Ross Hall arrived, more or less fully formed, in my skull. 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, Caleb Tankersley writes about Sin Eaters, winner of the 2021 Permafrost Prize in fiction and published by University of Alaska Press. + I want to describe the process of developing the…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Devon Capizzi writes about My Share of the Body from Split/Lip Press. + Some People Get Hit by Trucks and Die When my dad was killed in a car accident in…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Jennifer Fliss writes about The Predatory Animal Ball from Okay Donkey. The collection includes “Degrees”, previously published by Necessary Fiction. + I am not a historical fiction writer and I don’t…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Cameron MacKenzie writes about River Weather from Alternating Current. + The Cheap Laugh Edward P. Jones once explained his relationship to his characters by saying that he was the god 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, Michelle Ross writes about Shapeshifting from Stillhouse Press. + In Shapeshifting, I wanted to write mothers who are human and messy, who are allowed to be their whole selves. I 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, Joan Schweighardt writes about her Rivers Trilogy (Before We Died, Gifts for the Dead, and River Aria) published by Five Directions Press. + Spelunking From My Desk If you had asked…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Lindsay Merbaum writes about The Gold Persimmon from Creature Publishing. + The plan was a one-night writing retreat in an upscale hotel, one night being all I could afford. The lobby…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Robert Tomaino writes about New Madrid from Woodhall Press. + I never planned on writing an alternate history novel. When I started, I had written mostly short stories. The idea arose…

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like. This week, Beth Gilstrap writes about Deadheading and Other Stories from Red Hen Press. + + Deadheading is a book of fiction; however, it is also intensely personal. Its scaffolding comes from my…