CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS!

To complete Marcella’s Wake, my second novel, I need to research multiple settings, time periods, professions, and identities. I am researching mermaid folklore; the settings of coastal California and coastal Massachusetts; whales, seals, and other sea creatures; octopus camouflaging; sharks; the treatment of LGBTQ peoples from 1900-2000s; art colonies in Provincetown; the institutionalization of women in the U.S.; and the history of Provincetown, the National Seashore, and Nantucket Island. Additionally, I will be shadowing marine naturalists and marine biologists on both coasts.

I am searching for people who might be interested in being interviewed in person, or on Zoom. If you have knowledge in any of these areas, please reach out to me on my contacts page here: https://trishacowen.com/contact/

I am particularly interested in interviewing a specialist in mermaid folklore, and lesbian-identified women aged fifty and above. As a lesbian in my 30s, I would like to learn what it is/was like for women from previous generations. I am also interested in interviewing marine biologists or marine naturalists at any stage of their career.