{"id":16941,"date":"2026-08-18T20:13:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T01:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/henrymelton.net\/2\/2026\/08\/18\/research-roadtrip\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T20:13:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T01:13:51","slug":"research-roadtrip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/henrymelton.net\/2\/2026\/08\/18\/research-roadtrip\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Roadtrip"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This weekend I\u2019ll be in Lubbock for Hub City Comic-Con with my boxes of books and a new catalog sheet. Now, normally, when the con ends on Sunday, I\u2019d pack everything up and head back home. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This time, however, I\u2019ll be heading to Missouri to walk the streets of Rolla where my next novel is set.  It\u2019s a time travel story with the working title, Time on my Hand. The tale is already written, but details matter. I\u2019ve been in Rolla before, but I\u2019ve got to take photos and nail down significant locations in the city. Then I\u2019m off to Bell Mountain and on to Alabama where the villain lives.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019ll take a few days, but I wouldn\u2019t be happy without doing this. I can\u2019t do location research when my hero is on another planet, but I can certainly handle driving to another state. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"701\" src=\"https:\/\/henrymelton.net\/2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-18-at-7.41.45\u202fPM-1024x701.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16938\" srcset=\"https:\/\/henrymelton.net\/2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-18-at-7.41.45\u202fPM-1024x701.png 1024w, https:\/\/henrymelton.net\/2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-18-at-7.41.45\u202fPM-300x205.png 300w, https:\/\/henrymelton.net\/2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-18-at-7.41.45\u202fPM-150x103.png 150w, https:\/\/henrymelton.net\/2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-18-at-7.41.45\u202fPM-768x526.png 768w, https:\/\/henrymelton.net\/2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-18-at-7.41.45\u202fPM-100x68.png 100w, https:\/\/henrymelton.net\/2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-18-at-7.41.45\u202fPM-1536x1052.png 1536w, https:\/\/henrymelton.net\/2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-18-at-7.41.45\u202fPM-1568x1074.png 1568w, https:\/\/henrymelton.net\/2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-18-at-7.41.45\u202fPM.png 1688w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Planned route<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Planning a research trip for my next novel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16938,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[11,5,559],"tags":[197,12,192,8,56,81],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/henrymelton.net\/2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-18-at-7.41.45\u202fPM.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4t90x-4pf","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrymelton.net\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16941"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrymelton.net\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrymelton.net\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrymelton.net\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrymelton.net\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/henrymelton.net\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrymelton.net\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrymelton.net\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrymelton.net\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrymelton.net\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}