Setting: late 1960s early 1970s - small town in America ( Read more... )

Just found this place, so I hope I'm doing everything right. . .

Setting: Southside of Chicago, IL, 1978

What I need to know: Is it reasonable for a neighborhood library to have a bound copy of Illinois Legal Code (specifically the Criminal Code) in its reference section? Or is this the sort of thing that would only be found at the central ( Read more... )

I'm thinking of using the term 'magocracy' -- rule by wizards -- in an original work, but I'm having trouble figuring out whether it's under copyright. (It appears to have originated with Dungeons and Dragons, though there's also a game by that name ( Read more... )

In a story I'm working on, there is a collection of letters written in the 1830's that the narrator is granted access to at a historical society.

So - is this plausible? What kind of condition would these documents be in? Would they need to be in a sealed, special room? Would you need gloves? Any details you can give me would be much

This one is stumping me.

I'm looking for information about book smuggling- specifically, about buying, selling, publishing, hiding, and transporting books within a police state with a culture of censorship.

( The cake is a lie. )

Setting: London, 1990 ( Read more... )

Hello guys. I'm working on a novella-type project. It's a light-hearted mystery novel that takes place during our times in and around Chicago. It involves a police detective who ends up investigating a crime (but he's really trying to figure out why his girlfriend has been acting so sketchy ( Read more... )

I'm writing fiction about a schoolmaster with an external degree earned after service in WWI. I gather his degree would most likely have been granted by the University of London, though he sat his exams elsewhere. He needs to do primary research for a book he is writing, and the papers he needs to see (I looked up their real location) are at the ( Read more... )

Setting: Present-day small town America.

Search terms: "library revenue," "how do libraries make money," "privately owned library," "insurance investigation," "insurance investigator"

In this story, a woman owns and runs her own library. It is open to the public, but privately owned (obviously). I gather that such libraries exist, but I am ( Read more... )

I'm writing about a charictor who works in Belfast central library, Modern day.

I've managed to find a good indicator of what sections the library is split into, what it looks like, and roughly what it contains.

However I can't seem to locate a basic floor plan, such as which floors contain what. I know this seems pedantic but quite alot of this ( Read more... )