Comments on: Cheryl St.John: How Much Research is Too Much?

By: Victoria Bylin

Victoria Bylin — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:21:59 +0000

Hi Cheryl! I bought your book at Walmart a couple of days ago! Can’t wait to read it once I’m caught up on unpacking, etc..

My favorite thing about research is how little things enrich a story. Just the right detail turns a book into a “you-are-there” experience. I love that!

By: Mary Connealy

Mary Connealy — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:17:44 +0000

I have been dying for this book, Cheryl. YAY. I love the set up behind it all.

Wendy, I think you’re thinking of Her Montana Man, Cheryl’s book from…is it last summer, Chery? Or longer ago than that?

By: Patricia Barraclough

Patricia Barraclough — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:39:05 +0000

You have picked a great place and time for your story. We lived in Colorado for 3 years and LOVED it. Wish we could have moved back there when we retired. We were in Colorado Springs and it has grown too much for our liking.
I get carried away with the history blogs I’ve found and the links from them. It is so very interesting hours will go by before I realize it. Then I have to get a few hours sleep before going to bed.
I read historicals for the information, the tidbits on culture, places, people and events. Yes the romance is a part of it, but I want to be in another time and place. If I just wanted romance, any contemporary would do.
I’m like you, I need that paper to handle. It is just a more comfortable way to operate. I’m not proficient enough to store it on my computer or disc or zip drive and then be able to find it again. I can operate with paper.
Keep up the great writing. I do enjoy your books.

By: Wendy

Wendy — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:43:35 +0000

Cheryl: Well dang. I could have sworn I’d seen that name in one of your other books. Oh well.

I’m terrible at remembering character names. Really awful. I’m better with plot points and conflict. That I tend to remember.

By: Melinda Elmore

Melinda Elmore — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:16:37 +0000

Cheryl,

I truly love the topic you picked today. I do alot of research too. But like you said you have to stop and write some then go back to research when it calls for it.

I love researching and have learned alot about different Native American rituals and beliefs. I have done alot of research lately for my Native American Mystery that I will soon have finished and I have alot of research in it

Thanks Cheryl for your wise words because a writer can learn alot for other writers and you are a great friend that I cherish

Walk in harmony,
Melinda