Barbara Hinske and J. W. Judge start with personal updates about their author journey's, including Barb recounting how she responded to losing two hours worth of writing. In the day's topic, they discuss different methods of researching and the integral role that research has played in writing their novels. In the conversation, they discuss how research can be anything from going through historical archives to traveling to sites pertinent to a story to interviewing people who have the physical limitations or condition you're writing about.

 Barbara Hinske's  author website -- https://barbarahinske.com/

J. W. Judge's author website -- https://jwjudge.com/

J. W. Judge's writing blog -- https://expectantwriter.com/