http://www.heartsthroughhistory.com/the-importance-of-research/ Just another WordPress site Wed, 16 May 2012 00:39:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.heartsthroughhistory.com/the-importance-of-research/#comment-4405 Cynthia Owens Sat, 12 Nov 2011 03:12:16 +0000 http://www.heartsthroughhistory.com/?p=1614#comment-4405 Caroline, we seem to be on the same page as far as Irish research is concerned. Your Irish Travellers sounds fascinating. And you're right, research is both time-consuming AND fun. I've given up on books because of faulty research too. Glad you enjoyed the post! Caroline, we seem to be on the same page as far as Irish research is concerned. Your Irish Travellers sounds fascinating. And you’re right, research is both time-consuming AND fun. I’ve given up on books because of faulty research too. Glad you enjoyed the post!

]]> http://www.heartsthroughhistory.com/the-importance-of-research/#comment-4403 Caroline Clemmons Sat, 12 Nov 2011 02:23:18 +0000 http://www.heartsthroughhistory.com/?p=1614#comment-4403 Cynthia, what a great post. About the same time you wrote your book, I wrote a time travel titled OUT OF THE BLUE with a heroine from 1845 Ireland near Galway, but from a fictional village named Ballymish. Aren't we a pair? Great minds, and all that, eh? I loved your post. Very good points. I too have notebooks of research. One in which I used Irish Travelers, THE TEXAN'S IRISH BRIDE, has tons of lore on Travelers and their language. Research is time consuming (but fascinating)but it pays off in the credibility it lends to the story. I've stopped reading books before because there were so many anachronisms and/or historical errors. Cynthia, what a great post. About the same time you wrote your book, I wrote a time travel titled OUT OF THE BLUE with a heroine from 1845 Ireland near Galway, but from a fictional village named Ballymish. Aren’t we a pair? Great minds, and all that, eh? I loved your post. Very good points. I too have notebooks of research. One in which I used Irish Travelers, THE TEXAN’S IRISH BRIDE, has tons of lore on Travelers and their language. Research is time consuming (but fascinating)but it pays off in the credibility it lends to the story. I’ve stopped reading books before because there were so many anachronisms and/or historical errors.

]]> http://www.heartsthroughhistory.com/the-importance-of-research/#comment-4364 Cynthia Owens Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:02:20 +0000 http://www.heartsthroughhistory.com/?p=1614#comment-4364 Thanks, Angelyn. My "rules" haveve come from experience. I have notebooks filled with research, from pictures of specific rooms in houses my characters might live in to slang phrases and translations of endearments. I guess it helps that I enjoy the research process. It's not quite so much fun as actually writing the story, but for me it comes pretty close! Thanks for stopping by! Thanks, Angelyn. My “rules” haveve come from experience. I have notebooks filled with research, from pictures of specific rooms in houses my characters might live in to slang phrases and translations of endearments. I guess it helps that I enjoy the research process. It’s not quite so much fun as actually writing the story, but for me it comes pretty close! Thanks for stopping by!

]]> http://www.heartsthroughhistory.com/the-importance-of-research/#comment-4363 Angelyn Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:55:49 +0000 http://www.heartsthroughhistory.com/?p=1614#comment-4363 Great post, Cynthia. I liked how you have a few hard and fast rules about documenting what you've done and having a system for storing it. Great post, Cynthia. I liked how you have a few hard and fast rules about documenting what you’ve done and having a system for storing it.

]]> http://www.heartsthroughhistory.com/the-importance-of-research/#comment-4362 The Importance of Research « Cynthia Owens Romance Writer Tue, 08 Nov 2011 11:18:31 +0000 http://www.heartsthroughhistory.com/?p=1614#comment-4362 [...] at Seduced By History Blog about the importance of research in a historical novel. Check it out here. Share this:ShareFacebookDiggStumbleUponTwitterLike this:LikeBe the first to like this [...] [...] at Seduced By History Blog about the importance of research in a historical novel. Check it out here. Share this:ShareFacebookDiggStumbleUponTwitterLike this:LikeBe the first to like this [...]

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