Christine Kohler

Mar 29, 2014 1:14 PM EDT

Thank you for guest blogging and for the affirmation in this particular tip, Mindy. I say "affirmation" because I am bogged down in researching a YA historical novel due to lack of time right now. I know the topic and setting, and the story is telling itself to me. But I bought a bunch of books from Harvard scholar-types. I love NF and have a reputation as a solid researcher in NF, but reading every itch and sneeze and infidelity and rival of Fidel Castro's life is not going to help me write this book better. So thank you for affirming that it's okay to take a general over-view read--to start with--of the topic and setting and historic context by using juvenile fiction.

- Christine Kohler

Mar 29, 2014 5:16 PM EDT

Thank you Christine for having me!

- Mindy McGinnis