Hi everyone! I'm writing a story where two characters from the UK go on a trip (separately) over the Christmas holidays to Nassau and meet each other. I have never been to Nassau myself, especially not during the holidays, and I just wanted to know what sorts of decorating people there do. Both in public spaces as well as in hotels/resorts. I've ( Read more... )

Hi! So, I am writing some historical fiction, and I am drowning in research, but it's been a few days and I still haven't found a good solution to this problem, and you guys are consistently awesome about helping find answers to questions like this, so I thought I'd come to you.

Setting: Early-18th century (the year isn't strictly important, but ( Read more... )

Gacked from sbisson: Detailed rail maps for a lot of places in Europe, including London's underground, showing the real layout rather than a stylised map ( Read more... )

I know almost nothing about boats/boating, and all of my searches have been too broad to yield usable results.  I need help creating three boats. This is set in 1995, around a fictional island south of Bermuda.1. I need a boat (yacht?) for my viewpoint character. It has to be large enough for him to live on and take out the occasional charter, but ( Read more... )

I would like this story to be modern day but due to the specifics I am trying to work out it might not be possible. If it just seems too unlikely can anyone give me a suggestion for an era where it would make more sense ( Read more... )

You've probably gotten this question a lot, or maybe not; I'm kinda new here, but ( Read more... )