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The leaning tower of research

I get asked quite often about the amount of research I do for my books. The short answer is “a lot.” But that’s also pretty boring, so just for fun I thought I’d post a more graphic illustration. Unfortunately since I finished book 3 of Trystan and Isolde before we moved, most of my research books for the trilogy are still packed in a box in our attic. But here’s a picture of the research materials I’ve used so far on my (as yet super-secret) next project. They don’t show up too well in the picture, but those are maps spread out on the floor.

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I’d guess that that tower is maybe 60% as high as it will get by the time I’m done–and it doesn’t include the several books I’ve read on my Kindle. But it gives you the general idea.

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One Response to “The leaning tower of research”

  1. jennygirl Says:
    March 2nd, 2010 at 6:04 pm

    That is quite a tower of reference materials. Impressive!



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