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Hit another interesting question today. How much of my writing time should be spent doing research? Many — perhaps most — days I look up something or other. I mentioned early on that while writing about a location, I used Google Street View to get a visual of the place. I did that again yesterday, and extensively today. It’s interesting, “walking” up the street and seeing what I’d see if I were actually there. Of course the views aren’t perfect, but since I won’t be there any time soon, it will do for now. It’s more than enough to get a sense of the place — it helps in both yesterday’s and today’s cases that I’ve already been to these two places… Continue reading →