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Researching the Ukraine war 8/27/2022 7:56:16 AM
I read REDDIT every day. cat videos, bad drivers, political cartoons and news clips. What's not to like?
But it also has a subreddit - r/ukraine that was crucial to me as I wrote "The King of Siberia". I had no intention of writing about the war itself. I am not competent to do that. And I am certain dozens of great books will be written by Ukrainian writers over the coming years.
But my book makes references to the war, and I wanted them to be accurate. So I read every reddit post on the war. What I found was the major news stories, but also personal and significant insights I was not seeing elsewhere.
I used one in my novel - fork lifts. Apparently the Russians don't use them to move supplies, including ammunition. Another Reddit post showed pictures of the crates tank shells come in. I used that information to add a sequence to my novel - a touch of insight that I think adds some credibility to the actions of a character.
I am amazed - and grateful - for the insights we can gather so easily as we write.
