Status: Researching and writing
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I'm on my usual topic-research. Alice mentioned in the Saturday check-in she was researching Montana for her next books, and I am continually researching history for my books or occupations(if I'm working on a contemporary).
And the how much research/history is too much is always a topic on historical loops. I've skimmed and gleaned info from two books so far for accuracy on Nez Perce birthing and pregnancy. I have one more to go through to make sure I haven't missed anything. How much will go in the book, I don't know at this point, but it is helping me to discover the forward momentum of the story. The heroine from the beginning of the book is pregnant. The birth of this baby is what will bring down the villain at the end. So the book timeline is nine months. Which brings me around to researching the Nez Perce movements in that 9 month time span.
Have you ever had a book where the condition of the heroine was a major factor in the story? Or had a specific timeline that helped move the plot forward?
