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How Much Research is Necessary to Serve Your Story?
ONDEMAND WEBINAR DESCRIPTION:
Do you find yourself overwhelmed by how much research you think you need to do for your historical fiction project? This OnDemand webinar will offer plenty of tips and techniques to help you focus, plan, and organize your research. You'll find new confidence and inspiration for bringing your fiction to life in a way that doesn't overwhelm you as a writer... or your readers.
INSTRUCTOR BIO:
Sharon Short is the author of fifteen published books--three mystery series, a stand-alone historical novel, and a collection of humor columns. Her stand-alone historical novel, My One Square Inch of Alaska, won several awards as did her screenplay adaptation. Most recently, she writes the Kinship Historical Mysteries (under the pen name Jess Montgomery), set in 1920s Appalachian Ohio and inspired by Ohio’s true first female sheriff. Short also writes the “Level Up Your Writing (Life)" column for Writer’s Digest and teaches for Writer’s Digest University. She was formerly a newspaper columnist, focusing on the literary life, authors and events of her native Dayton, Ohio for the Dayton Daily News. She is a three-time recipient of the Individual Excellence Award in Literary Arts from Ohio Arts Council, a two-time recipient of the Montgomery County (Ohio) Arts & Cultural District (MCAD) Artist Opportunity Grant, and has been a John E. Nance Writer in Residence at Thurber House (Columbus, Ohio).