Write about what you know. If you’re not familiar with places or things you want to write about, do the research—travel, read and ask questions. It’s obvious to your readers if you try to write a book about something you know nothing about.
Recently, my daughter, Jennifer, and I had lunch with an author friend of ours, Jessica George. After eating and laughing a lot, we started discussing writing and Jessica shared a little of her background with us. She was so fascinating and I realized immediately why her books are so great. In addition to loving to write, Jessica said she took eight years of German, four of Norwegian, and even studied Old Norse so that she could read the great Viking sagas in the original language. That was impressive.
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