Serendipity!

And back it up with research?

Aside from the talking bat thing, I got to immerse myself in quite a bit of bat research, spoke with a bat rescue in the UK, ask questions of bat researchers, and tons of videos of my species in flight. It helped get me through it, to try and imagine my own self as a bat, which is probably screwed up.

This was hugely difficult. I am just in awe in all of you who write fiction. It's so fucking hard.

Yeah, fiction still intimidates me like crazy.

You are not, but you are the only PUBLISHED non-fiction writer.

Not true -- there's Jilli! And Hec, although he doesn't come in here.

Holy shit, how did I completely braindaze that?

Me too. Hec, Jilli sorry both have done awesome non-fiction.

I've written essays before and loved it, but factual non-fiction makes me shudder in fear. Actually having to know what you're talking about? And back it up with research? No way, dude.

See, I think all of the above is a fair bit easier than making up stories out of your own head. Out of nowhere. Which is a concept that terrifies me.

Compared to that: research? Bit of fun.

And I say this while spending my evening referencing.

Making up stories and backing them with solid research is my idea of a good time.

::iz whackjob::

Making up stories = fun!

Getting them out of my head and making them internally consistent = kinda nerve-wracking!

I write both, but I am rather the Johnny Drama of the publishing world. Y'all missed the story about the bulimic pedophile, right? Kidding.

I've sold magazine non-fiction, of course, but I'm working on a non-fiction book proposal. I'm mainly paralysed by trying to figure out just how much information to put in it.

Research = fun!