Amanda Marbais Asks Does Research Ever End?
Amanda Marbais is the author of short story collection Claiming a Body. This is her first post as a Blackbird Writer. You can find out more about her on her website www.amandamarbais.com, or by clicking here, and buy her book here. In my current work-in-progress, a murder takes place on a small farm run by thirty-somethings looking to escape city life. As a longtime Chicago resident, my challenge has been to make a full scale, slightly gothic farm convincing. Right away, I had to dive into outside research. This novel began during the pandemic when I indulged my mild obsession…