Let’s just start out by saying that it’s really easy to go off the skids while researching! While preparing a book about the Outer Banks in 1903 I got caught up in North Carolina’s role (and specifically the OB) in the War Between the States. Not too pertinent. Actually, what I would like to do is type in a question in some magical online place and have the answer pop up. Is there such a place? If so, please email ASAP.
Because I typically write in contemporary time frames, I don’t do a whole lot of research except about a particular locale or a job. For a book I’ve yet to finish I found out what a creative project manager does for a fashion designer. It’s not a position I’d ever considered—or even knew about.
And for that book I mentioned previously, it was interesting to find out that the Outer Banks were not the die-hard Southerners found in other parts of Dixie. Because of their exposure to the shipping lanes, they were used to working with the North, and the distinctions between blacks and whites were more blurred. Makes sense, but I’d never thought of it. Too bad my book didn’t need that knowledge, lol.
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Dee
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I write contemporary as well, but I use so many jobs that I haven’t done research those. I am like you through a lot of what I find never makes it in the book.
I didn’t know about that about the Outer Banks. Thanks. I’ve learned something today.