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2008-02-13 Victorian Dialogue: It so happens that I publish collections of public domain books on CD and DVD. In particular you would benefit from my British Literature collection, three CDs, with the full text of over 3000 books,...
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2006-12-01 2 Q's on research: I primarily use the Web. Do Google searches. Go to Wikipedia. For many subjects (but not nobility in Romania/Hungary in the 18th century) the books I publish on CD and DVD are very useful. You might...
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2006-12-01 2 Q's on research: The answer depends entirely on your personality. Some people spend their whole lives researching a book (and then never get around to writing it). Others dive in prematurely. I suggest starting with...
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2005-07-18 writing books on palaces,castle and manors, with emphasis on thier architectural elements: First, read Mortal Lessons by Richard Selzer (he's a retired surgeon; he spells "selzer" without a "t"). That's a series of articles about parts of the body. He writes so well that his essay on dull...
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2004-09-18 That is not a question.: In writing a story or novel, you should go through the following steps (or their equivalent): 1) write brief notes about the the mythic/historic context -- make explicit important elements about everyday...
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