Pin ItAnyone who has not actually “gone the distance” writing a novel might imagine that authors sit home and conjure what’s on the page of their works-in-progress out of thin air. Well, perhaps some do–and Internet search capability has certainly made fact-checking a lot easier these days–but for me, the reality of creating fiction…even contemporary fiction…demands a fair amount of legwork. Take my most recent trip to Scotland to prepare to write a contemporary sequel to my eighteenth century historical,... Read More...