from Laura Drake's files... You have found Laura's treasure map to her favorite, most useful, fun online locations for references, writer's resources, and just plain fun. Warning:  This blog could be hazardous to your time schedule.  You're going to want to spend a lot of time mining for the gold buried in these links! Language, […]

Sharla Rae  For the writer who enjoys history, researching is often the best part of writing a historical novel. Even so, deciding where to start can be mind-boggling.  Why Research? So Where Does the Research Start? To keep things simple, think of researching as the construction of a house from the ground up.  The Foundation: […]