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Research Needs:

I need readers to check book-length manuscripts for cultural and professional accuracy. Must be a science fiction fan and comfortable with same-sex themes. No compensation except for a warm smile, a firm handshake, and the glad satisfaction of saving an author from answering the same emails about the same mistakes for the rest of her career.

Needs:

Someone who grew up in Alsace at the turn of the last century (or who can be a reliable informant for the time period.) Knowledge of Alsatian a plus.
A native speaker of Tagalog.
A native speaker of Swedish.
A speaker of Umatilla.
A speaker of Tutelo.
A Monacan.
A Canadian (anglo).
An Australian (anglo).
A Botanist.
An Atmospheric Scientist.
A Geologist.
An Entomologist.
A large animal vet.
An obstetrician trained early in the 20th century.
A soprano who has sung Orfeo ed Euridice.
An Airman who is at least a 2nd Lieutenant (U.S.)

If you think you can help, drop me a line under the "Contact" link.

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First Entry

All authors wait in hope that their next project will be well received by their agent, publisher, audio book producer, screenwriters -- and readers. Writing, like music or acting, is a vocation where any next project can bomb through artistic mis-guesses, mislaid promotion, audience disinterest, or a hundred other factors in and out of the writer's hands.

This is not a blog about the writing business, there are plenty of those. This is a blog about what I do while waiting for that next envelope or email.

This first entry was supposed to be about a long, lovely summer vacation I took in the mountains, but I cut a finger badly and that aggevts my typngh. I could write instead about my evening in the ER (where everyone was very lovely as I went through the process of getting stitches), but that's not an appealing way to start off a blog.

More later when I'm not reviving my hunt-and-peck skills.

-Lisa Shapter