Writing

You may not have noticed, but I like to write.
I think I'm a pretty good writer too.

Liking to write is probably directly correlated to my liking to read. Being able to spell is unfortunately something else entirely. I might have a mild speech defect. Or accent. Depending on where you are, they could be considered the same thing.

Anyway, starting from the time I was a small child, I'm talking like 3rd grade, I've liked to write. I remember in thrid grade writing a story about a fish and turtle having a swimming race. The turtle ends up winning after the fish dies. YES, he dies in the race. I was apparently a morbid 3rd grader. Anyhow, the teacher stopped class and read this story. I also remember being in 6th or 7th grade and having a small poem to submit for our school newspaper. I gave my poem to the teacher and she told me that I had to write one not copy it from a book. I had written it! It was apparently that good.

Here's the deal though. I have tons of ideas for stories. There isn't much that doesn't incite an idea for a story or poem in my mind. Unfortunately, as you may already have noticed, I have lots of interests-veterinary medicine, animals, sewing, anything from Pinterest, crafts, cats, movies, TV, especially TV, sleeping, reading, cooking, baking, planning amazing birthday parties for myself...the list goes on. So I don't get much writing done except for this blog. I have a dozen or two stories half way started. Some shorter one finished.

But then the real problem is, that 1) I have no idea how to get published, 2) how do I know if my book is good enough when there are millions of books out there? and 3) I don't have time to write-I am a veterinarian after all. From there, I have a specific issue regarding one book idea that I am particularly proud of. If  a novel is a historical fiction novel-based on an actual event and an actual person, how acturate should it be? What if I want to encompass more than just the main event? Say, I want to discuss childhood or events 20+ years before the main story? How accurate does that have to be?
Accuracy aside, how do I even go about doing research? What were the Olympics like in the 1920s anyhow?