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Dec.03.2012 Research: Writing with an authentic voice by J.R. Wagner Trinity Library, Dublin Ireland (been there, such a cool place!) I've been asked on numerous occasions how much research goes into writing. Many people believe because I write fiction, I can simply make it up as I go. This couldn't be further from the...	Aug.01.2012 A Creation of My Mind, Or Reality? My Past-Life Regression A couple years ago, I did something really cool and out of the ordinary. I had a past-life regression. I did it as research for the novel I was working on that involved reincarnation, karma and soul mates/twin souls. It was everything I expected and more. I walked into the...
Dec.10.2011 Behind the Book -- Portal into the Past The coolest thing (of all the very cool things) I discovered today in all my research (which included everything from Pancho Barnes to Errol Flynn to LA’s Zoot Suit Riots) was this gorgeous little film clip of downtown Los Angeles in the 1940s.	Oct.13.2011 The Next Book Syndrome Lately, I have recurring dreams that I am back in high school, only I am my age and I have somehow forgotten that I was enrolled in school until it is the very end of the semester and I realize I have to take a final exam. A final exam that I have not even begun to prepare for since: 1...
May.23.2011 A Friend asked; As an Author,do you still like to read? What do you like to read? I told my friend that,of course I still like to read,when I said reading is fundamental I meant it! I hated school so reading was an escape for me.Back then I read CS Forrrester,Patrick Obrien,Arthur Conan Doyle,Edgar Rice Bouroughs,Mark Twain,Mickey Spillane and along the way I managed to read...	Feb.04.2011 How I Went From Hating Research to Loving It Know any young readers/writers who are curious about the research that goes into writing a novel? The wonderful YAReviewNet asked me to write an article about it. It would be an understatement to stay I was NOT a born researcher. Here is the opening of the article. You can follow the link at...
Jan.17.2011 From AOL Daily Finance: Doing Book Research Without Breaking the Bank Planning on a career as a writer? You'll often have to dig into your own pockets to cover the cost of doing research. Read my new article at AOL Daily Finance to see how you can do all the research you need without going broke. Continue reading Doing Book Research Without...	Mar.27.2010 New Novel Writer Needs Help This novel writing is a slow going business. It seems like I write in fits and starts, but once I get going I keep my fingers moving on the keyboard. Yesterday I had a research breakthrough. I needed some information about Liverpool England as a Port of Departure from 1900 to 1930, and just by pure...
Feb.09.2010 Wall St Journal on 'The Fourth Assassin' During my swing through New York this last few weeks, I dropped into the space-age HQ of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp on Sixth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. Once my eyes had adjusted to the superbright white light everywhere, I settled into a studio for a video interview with Jon Friedman (the man...