Research Should be Varied

My Historical novel, JOHN DUNN involved a lot of research. Writing about life in the nineteenth century made research a must. It probably took half of the time I put in on writing the book. But KILLER OF KILLERS needed research, too. Martial Arts moves and philosophies, medical research, scientific research, and more.

In KILLER EYES, the research is in Nuclear medicine. That is the turn the story takes. But how many people are hip to nuclear medicine? Nuclear physicists, perhaps. But now I'm pretty familiar with it. Not so much that I could teach an advanced class on nuclear medicine, but enough to concoct a story that contains that element.

One thing that results from writing books, I must say, is that you become a little bit smarter about a lot of different things. Reading those books will make you smarter, too. That's pretty cool.