A Question of Writing Research

Writing research: this month the Insecure Writers Support Group suggested tackling the question:

• What is the weirdest/coolest thing you ever had to research for your story?

… and for once, I thought I had an answer.  Before I do, here’s a shout-out to our wonderful co-hosts this month.  I don’t give our hosts enough kudos in these posts, but I do appreciate them.  Thank you!

Co-Hosts for May 2017:

• Michelle Wallace
• Nancy Gideon
• Tamara Narayan
• Liesbet @ Roaming About
• Feather Stone

Writing research for alien species

I am writing a science fiction series.  I’m convinced it’s a real series, although by now some of you may think it’s a figment of my imagination, it’s taking so long to come out.  During its development, I realised one very good reason people generally make their aliens humanoid. Apart from films, where it’s easier to put a human in a costume than build things more elaborate than Daleks, unless you go CGI.

Biology.