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Travel Diaries: Arctic Adventure 3

By Susan | Published: December 14, 2011

I’ve done two Travel Diaries like this before–here and here–and after dreaming of my research last night, I thought I’d pull out my old Arctic journal… See, back in 2008, I went to the Arctic for my Masters research. I wrote in a journal everyday, and some of the journal entries are…well…surreal for me to look [...]

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I come bearing croissants and macarons…

By Susan | Published: September 12, 2011

As you can guess, the trip to Paris involved a great many croissants and macarons–not to mention all the espressos, baguettes, madeleines, and occasional wines. We (the Frenchman and I) rented a tiny, studio apartment in Montmartre that was next to the most AMAZING bakery–the best in Paris, quite literally. This bakery had the distinction [...]

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Why yes, that IS a zeppelin

By Susan | Published: August 24, 2011

As you might have gathered from the blog title and image, I visited a zeppelin museum over the weekend. But not just any zeppelin museum–THE zeppelin museum. You see, only a hop, skip, and a jump from where I live in Deutschland is Friedrichshafen, the birthplace of the zeppelin. And, because this monstrous flying machine [...]

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Why 1876? And why zombies?!

By Susan | Published: August 17, 2011

I said my method for selecting a setting in Something Strange and Deadly was unscientific, remember? Well, just look at how I wound up choosing Victorian times. I thought it was cool. I thought it would add conflict, what with the claustrophobic etiquette and patriarchy. Yeah. Very inspired, huh?

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Vacation Time!

By Susan | Published: December 27, 2010

So, I’ll be away the next week…  The blog will be abandoned like an Old West town…  Or an ancient ruin. ::cue tumbleweed:: I’m going to EGYPT!  With the Frenchman! It was a totally last minute idea, but I can’t express to you how excited I am.  I’ve always wanted to see Thebes (a.k.a. Luxor), [...]

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Road Trip Wednesday: Blast from the 19th Century Past

By Susan | Published: September 15, 2010

Thanks to that gals at YA Highway for this blog prompt. If you could travel back to any historical era for research purposes, which would you choose? Definitely late 19th century United States — specifically, 1876 Philadelphia.  Boy oh boy do I wanna see the International Centennial Exhibition that’s the back drop for Eleanor’s story.

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Travel Diaries: Arctic Adventure 2

By Susan | Published: August 18, 2010

The Wussy Scientist Sees Something Pretty April 10, 2008 I smell like shark guts.  Oh well.  It’s only 2 more days until I get to shower.  That’ll be nice.

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Travel Diaries: Arctic Adventure

By Susan | Published: August 16, 2010

After reading Life As We Knew It, I picked up an old journal of mine.  Some of the experiences in that novel were markedly similar to what I went through in the Arctic doing my MSc field work.  The journal was kind of entertaining to read — at times moving, but mostly just funny – so [...]

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Researching your novel (part 4: science)

By Susan | Published: August 4, 2010

To continue on in the researching your novel series, I’m going to wrap it all up with an area close to my heart: science.  It’s often poorly researched in stories and film, and it’s often completely mis-portrayed.  I’ll try to keep the rant to a minimum.  Also, keep in mind that I teach an entire [...]

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Researching your novel (part 3: modern day)

By Susan | Published: July 28, 2010

Contemporary Fiction Continuing on from last week’s historical research, we move into the world of contemporary research.  Y0u can’t get lazy just because your story is set in the world around you.  In fact, if anything, you’ve got to be more careful.  Why? Because your readers are from modern times, and so they’re far more [...]

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