tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post8207191460898732044..comments2024-03-28T15:01:21.285-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: Look It UpLeigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-23994239573287395002022-01-03T20:30:25.431-05:002022-01-03T20:30:25.431-05:00"The hardest part of research isn't getti..."The hardest part of research isn't getting the answers. It's figuring out the right questions."<br /><br />Having done a lot of research--not for writing fiction, but academic research in economics, I am 100% behind this. It is absolutely correct.Don Coffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07198988872512792834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-21593963697665580322022-01-03T17:34:55.459-05:002022-01-03T17:34:55.459-05:00Well said, Steve -- you are completely right, I of...Well said, Steve -- you are completely right, I often find I need to know enough just to ask the right questions!Adam Meyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13002576075065193119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-24732743557142618952022-01-03T13:36:45.473-05:002022-01-03T13:36:45.473-05:00Great post, Steve - I too can go down a rabbit hol...Great post, Steve - I too can go down a rabbit hole of research, but I figure if I can come up with that one thing that will ring true, it's worth it. Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-63651561520421447952022-01-03T13:23:15.575-05:002022-01-03T13:23:15.575-05:00Your last line is terrific, Steve! I found that o...Your last line is terrific, Steve! I found that out myself, when writing my latest book, which takes place in the 1920s aboard an ocean liner. One question led to another - things I never even thought to research crept up as I looked into more and more. Like...when did they move from coal to bunker oil? Gah - it was endless, the research, but also interesting and rewarding.Melodie Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07870938103759179132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-89900300151109027472022-01-03T11:38:59.549-05:002022-01-03T11:38:59.549-05:00cj Sez: West side Detroit riots brings back a memo...cj Sez: West side Detroit riots brings back a memory: My (now ex) husband was an East Detroit (separate suburban city) firefighter, and he spent several nights sleeping under armed guard in a fenced-in school yard enclosure. Motown almost burned down that year. And I still have to do diligent research when I make any writing inferences to that period even though I lived through it. Good piece on research, Steve. Thanks. cj pettersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10057216983469158184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-56229489938512611012022-01-03T09:29:09.750-05:002022-01-03T09:29:09.750-05:00Steve, one thing I found out while writing my Gold...Steve, one thing I found out while writing my Golden Triangle series in SE Asia and using my Chinese neighbor (an historian on China) to help with research was that the Chinese version of some events was not always the same as the English version of the same event, which made for some interesting writing.R.T. Lawtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15523486296396710227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-28016254179347464892022-01-03T09:28:04.927-05:002022-01-03T09:28:04.927-05:00Thank you, Janice. I worked with a lot of kids wit...Thank you, Janice. I worked with a lot of kids with special needs in the classroom, and the trust they put in me was one of the things I loved most about teaching.<br />Steve Liskowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07107703903536520140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-14676084948144870102022-01-03T07:01:49.723-05:002022-01-03T07:01:49.723-05:00Research can be fun and I find it is easy to get s...Research can be fun and I find it is easy to get sidetracked into interesting byways.<br /><br />I enjoyed your recent story in BCMM- you write well about adolescents!Janice Lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03406971307368250281noreply@blogger.com