Location: Toronto, Canada ( Read more... )

A seventeen (soon to turn eighteen) year old boy runs away from home, mostly on impulse. His plan is to stay with his boyfriend in Toronto, both of whom are from Kingston. I can’t vouch for the population of Kingston in 1980 (the year), when this story takes place, but I’m working on the premise that it’s a small town, or at least a small city. It’ ( Read more... )

I'm writing a story set at a girl's school in a made-up country that shares similarities with both England and Canada. The time period is similar to the early 1900's to 1930's, although info from as late as the 50's would still be helpful ( Read more... )

I'm looking for some verbal shorthand that would have been around in the 1930's and 1940's that I can drop into a conversation to show that this particular Canadian is from a good family, wealthy & well-educated, etc. He's a man aged 25-35, if that makes a difference, and the piece I'm writing is set in New York in 1946.

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