Heavy Medal
Tag: Research
Stories Are Everywhere, a guest post by Kate Albus
How lucky we are. So many stories out there, hiding in plain sight. Just waiting to be found.
My research journey led me to Vieques, a guest post by Talia Aikens-Nuñez
Hopefully readers of Men of the 65th will be as impacted by the story of the Borinqueneers as I was by visiting Vieques.
How BUFFALO FLATS Flattened Me: Turning Your Family History into Historical Fiction, a guest post by Martine Leavitt
If you have inherited a story from your progenitors that you think might make a book, go for it. It’s worth a little detour through hell.
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Peaches on Ice, a guest post by Erin Soderberg Downing
To me, this is one of the best parts of writing and reading stories—getting a chance to visit some wonderful places on earth, even (maybe especially?) if it is from the comfort of my own snuggly bed.
Why We Read and Write Nonfiction, a guest post by Kathie MacIsaac and Rebecca E. F. Barone
The authors talk about their shared love of nonfiction and their new books.
The Perfect Pairing: Historical Fiction & Nonfiction for Tweens, a guest post by Susan J. Austin
Historical fiction helps [kids] see that the past is closer to the present than they ever imagined, that the lives of people who lived long ago are not so different from their own.
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It’s a Small World! A guest post by Betty Culley
In THE NATURAL GENIUS OF ANTS, Harvard Corson has a huge task in front of him and only a short summer to accomplish it—trying to get his doctor father to forgive himself for a very big mistake that cost a baby her life. Not only that, but Harvard also needs to keep an ant colony alive!
Helping Turtles: Writing as Conservation Work, a guest post by Diana Renn
I wanted to raise these turtles’ visibility by telling a story about them. Through the writing process, and even the marketing and publicity process, the book has become a natural extension of the conservation work I began with my son.
Worlds Apart: A. J. Sass on Researching the Barcelona Setting for Ellen Outside the Lines
Ellen Outside the Lines challenged me in the research it initially required to get a handle on my setting and the cultural heritage of the characters who called Barcelona home.
Raiding the Junk Drawer, a guest post by Hope Larson
SALT MAGIC began when I ripped up some plywood flooring in my old house and found a 1927 newspaper article underneath. A few years later I stumbled onto the newspaper article in my files, did a little research, and became totally freaking obsessed.
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