If you’ve ever been to camp or sent children off, you know why the Boy Scout motto is “Be Prepared!” Getting the most out of the experience requires careful planning and preparation. The same is true for writers who attend Camp NaNoWrimo this July.
Research is necessary for any writer, but it is particularly critical when it comes to writing a book that is, at least in part, historical fiction.
Being the third of four sisters, I am accustomed to being in the middle, but the array of “middles” I’m in now are things my birth order did not prepare me for.