Category: Research

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Our Need for Fossil Fuels

by Lisa • November 25, 2024 • 0 Comments

Fossil fuels are fuels (such as coal, oil, or natural gas) formed in the earth from plant or animal remains.

Letting History Be Your Co-Writer! – Guest Post by Alina Adams

by Lisa • October 12, 2022 • 0 Comments

All writers are asked, “Where do you get your ideas?”

Malice in Miami – an Audiobook Review

by Lisa • February 9, 2022 • 0 Comments

Jamie Quinn, the family attorney that always runs into mysteries, is no longer going to be practicing law. She has landed her dream job at an art foundation, but this dream job will require up to six months of learning and a new wardrobe of evening gowns. But her new art career is in danger of being over just as it begins when she is arrested for stealing valuable artwork that she didn’t take. Little does she know that the stolen artwork will have her involved with the FBI, the Russians, and art thieves. Jamie just can’t stay out of trouble.

Investigating the Drowned Land – Guest Post by David Donachie

by Lisa • May 5, 2021 • 1 Comment

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑫𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑳𝒂𝒏𝒅 was inspired by a Time Team TV special on Doggerland that I watched in 2007, but there’s a long road of research between a popular TV program and a novel based on actual science.

Softly and Tenderly: Researching Death and Beetles

by Lisa • April 19, 2018 • 0 Comments

The research I did for Softly and Tenderly had me delving into things that I would never have learned about just for the fun of it. How fast does a person’s body decompose once they have breathed their last? Just the thought of that gave me chills. When are bugs first attracted to the lifeless…