Successful novelist Jean Saunders offers practical assistance to the novice fiction writer. She gives an overall view of the need for factual accuracy in writing fiction, and some of the cheapest and simplest ways to achieving it. In her own words, "research should be fun", and in this excellent guide she shows the writer how to enjoy it.

Contains practical advice on:

* Basic research sources
* Asking the man who knows
* Researching historical personalities
* Making the most of your research
* Blending fact with fiction