Researching Break the Rules
There were a few bits I had to research for Break the Rules, the biggest of which was the main setting – an oil refinery. Now I’ve worked on a processing plant before, so I knew a little bit about how plants ran and what was required, but not enough for the accuracy it required. My first stop was the …
Defending the romance genre
I went to an event the other day where romance was once again singled out as the example of what not to write. I shouldn’t be surprised, because the panel was from a literary publisher with literary authors on it, but I will admit I was annoyed. And when someone is so wrong about something (in my opinion!) I feel …
Finding an expert
One of the hardest things about writing a book is the research. It really can be difficult to find people willing to talk to you about the subject you want to write about. Especially when you’re not a well known author.I do my best to research a topic thoroughly. Sometimes there are fantastic websites that give me exactly what I …
Researching Under the Covers
It’s just over three weeks until Under the Covers is released, so I thought I’d talk a little bit about the research I did for this book. There wasn’t a whole lot I needed to do – just a couple of legal points I had to check. Without giving too much away (I don’t want to have any spoilers!), I …
Researching All that Sparkles
When I decided to take a break from writing fantasy and write some more contemporary romance I had the mistaken belief that at least I wouldn’t have to do so much research with a contemporary story. Well needless to say, I learnt very quickly how wrong I was! There’s probably more research I have to do for contemporary romance because …
