tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934041490878801751.post2459377021711320630..comments2024-03-17T12:30:03.009-05:00Comments on Teaching Authors--6 Children's Authors Who Also Teach Writing: A Few Last Words on ResearchCarmela Martinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15543808551988338496noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934041490878801751.post-21260823331334166292012-10-27T01:44:09.453-05:002012-10-27T01:44:09.453-05:00I so agree. Maybe it's my journalism backgroun...I so agree. Maybe it's my journalism background that makes me so driven to do research for my WIP. I may not use a tenth of what I find out - but I have this pool of information that will add layers to my story.<br />On another note, you mean there's no such thing as a limon!Megan Frances Abrahamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02259684930983493989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934041490878801751.post-36807872410609443342012-10-25T19:02:16.649-05:002012-10-25T19:02:16.649-05:00Love hearing your words, Mary Ann. I will be sure...Love hearing your words, Mary Ann. I will be sure to get this in the hands of my colleagues, where students research all the time, & it's a challenge to keep up with them, but also to get them to fact-check. In fiction, it's important too, & I enjoy it so much when the writer, as you wrote, puts us into that place completely. That's how one travels sometimes. Thank you!Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934041490878801751.post-14949603711588923442012-10-24T14:20:24.414-05:002012-10-24T14:20:24.414-05:00Glad it's not just me having trouble with the ...Glad it's not just me having trouble with the "robot test!" Yes, I love research, but I have to cut myself off at some point. One of my favorite writers, Ellen Gilchrist, who did one historical fiction book (probably for the following reason, said that she could research endlessly. It can be a stalling technique for actually getting down to work. The way I work is that I am usually editing one book, writing another, and researching a third. I cut myself off at six months of research. After that, ready or not I start writing. And of course, I always come to a spot where i realize I need to know the price of a funeral bouquet in 1965 or when the movie THE FIGHTING SULLIVANS played in Pittsburgh in 1944. At that point, instead of fiddling around online all morning, I make a "shopping list" of these questions and save them for a two hour period in my writing week when I am not in a good writing place, but I am feeling like researching.mary ann rodmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13639787144894232298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934041490878801751.post-7513128750281869662012-10-24T10:41:18.417-05:002012-10-24T10:41:18.417-05:00Dear Pen and Ink Blogger,
So sorry about your diff...Dear Pen and Ink Blogger,<br />So sorry about your difficulties passing the "robot test." Thanks for making the extra effort to leave a comment--we love hearing from our readers. I've disabled Word Verification for now. I hope we won't be inundated with Spam as a result.Carmela Martinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15543808551988338496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934041490878801751.post-60599493984605991702012-10-22T20:04:17.467-05:002012-10-22T20:04:17.467-05:00I love research. Especially since we now have the ...I love research. Especially since we now have the World Wide Web which puts so many tools at our fingertips. Also still love visiting the library stacks.<br />( I have just tried 3 times to pass the robot test. AAARRRRGGGGHHH)The Pen and Ink Blogspothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01709195512534318571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934041490878801751.post-24144376195823789392012-10-22T20:03:21.951-05:002012-10-22T20:03:21.951-05:00I love research. Especially since we now have the ...I love research. Especially since we now have the World Wide Web which puts so many tools at our fingertips. Also still love visiting the library stacks.The Pen and Ink Blogspothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01709195512534318571noreply@blogger.com