I have some questions about two unrelated scenes from the same novel. The setting is current day AU-USish ( Read more... )

Setting: Present day, southern California. The family consists of a dad and two brothers. They're middle class, macho, in the MMA culture ( Read more... )

( Cut for potentially triggering references to drug abuse )

Have gone through the relevant tags in this community, searched for and asked questions on the NaNoWriMo forums, read through various websites and answer forums with different search terms including "aftermath of suicide attempt" "hospitalisation after failed suicide", "suicide attempt survivor stories", etc. Have also tried to do research on ( Read more... )

Fairly straightforward scenario:

This character needs to poison himself with something fast-acting that can be found in the home, specifically an NYC apartment. He's found within 10-20 minutes of his ingestion of whatever poison, but the interim should show some signs of immediate effect. He definitely needs to survive.
Thus, I need a drug or ( Read more... )

Setting: A Nevada miner's camp in the 1850s ( Read more... )

Setting: PA, USA, 2006

Searched areas: Searched through little_details tags, ask_a_cop; Googled ‘underage DUI in PA’, ‘underage DUI in PA drugs’, ‘911 call drugs procedures’ ‘911 calls procedures drug overdose’ amongst so many others ( Read more... )

Googled "medically induced death", which lead to a lot of doctor-bashing articles on natural health sites. Whut ( Read more... )

Hi everyone! I've got two questions. The setting would be contemporary London.

1. On the drugs: Character A has made a nasty enemy, who tries to kill him with a syringe full of succinylcholine chloride, just a tad less than lethal dose. He's a very lucky guy, though, and help appears promptly, bringing respiratory support and calling an ( Read more... )

Research at the bottom, because it got long ( Read more... )