Hilary Mantel’s thoughts on historical fiction chime with mine.
Walls of Silence is the novel that wouldn’t let me alone.
Research is the process of investigating and learning about, that which is not already familiar. But it begins from within.
The easy answer is that in researching novels, I use every method at my disposal.
A new writing project of mine is going to need some wise research because it features something about which I am wholly ignorant.