One author's best practices for researching with primary resources

You may not be in school any more, but chances are good you’re still being called upon to do research.

Author Tara East is here (well, on Joanna Penn’s blog) with a reminder that primary resources and not just a simple Google search are must-haves to give your novel the authenticity you crave.

So how do you find and quiz that primary resource? Head to The Creative Penn for East’s seven tips on researching a novel.

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