Re: How much research do you do?

m.baro wrote:
> I'm currently reading up the whole post colonial history of Uganda for 
> about a couple of lines in my book. Great.
>
> What's the most research you've done, and how much was you research : 
> actual usage ratio?

	I'm not doing that level of research for a fiction book that doesn't 
purport to be a major Alt History wankfest. I do that for my day job 
-- technical proposal writing. And I suspect a lot of THAT is wasted 
time, too.

	If a fact is a critical/important plot point I'll make sure I have 
the correct information on it. If I don't know, then I'll find someone 
who does know. If it's a point in dispute, I'll either find a 
concensus, or choose an authority whose opinion most closely backs my 
story needs.

	F'rinstance, in _Digital Knight_ I had Verne Domingo have a number of 
undiscovered Egyptian works of art in his collection; I did some 
checking around to verify that certain well-known Pharaohs did not, in 
fact, have their stuff known to have been catalogued anywhere.



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