Episode 7: Researching Your Novel

How much research goes into writing a book? Where should you start? How much is too much? Alexa, Lainey, and Kat discuss book research, including their favorite resources, and some specific research holes down which they have fallen (whether or not that research has ended up in a book).

SHOW NOTES

FAVORITE RESOURCES MENTIONED

  • Pinterest

  • Reddit (search subreddits, seek out AMAs)

  • Google Maps

  • Zillow

  • TV Tropes

  • Non-fiction picture books

  • Documentaries

  • YouTube videos

  • Myers-Brigg 16 Personalities

BOOKS MENTIONED

The Royal Art of Poison by Eleanor Herman

The Romanovs by Simon Sebag Montefiore

The Swan King: Ludwig II of Bavaria by Christopher McIntosh

Treachery: Betrayals, Blunders and Cover-ups: Six Decades of Espionage Against America and Great Britain by Chapman Pincher

The Sociopath Test by Jon Ronson

Confessions of a Sociopath by M.E. Thomas

Alexa Donne