My novel is set in West Virginia, USA. A detective has returned fire on and killed the boy-toy of the wealthy and very well-connected son of a six-time congressman and Speaker of the House. Subsequent to being informed he may have charges brought against him, the detective finds himself under open surveillance. His best friend is researching to ( Read more... )

I have a couple of questions about daily activities of these organisations that I hope somebody can help me with. The trouble is, I know how they all work as organisations (my God, the EU is complicated) but not what their workers do on a daily basis. I'll put them under a cut, just to save space :)
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Setting:Present day, alternative universe. I have a youth organization constructed and controlled by a dictatorship, and I would like the details to be as close to reality as possible, so I hope someone here can help ( Read more... )

Musicians/athletes travelling from a dictatorship (e.g. North Korea, Belarus, the Sovjet Union) to a free country are often kept company by "handlers" of different kinds, who are responsible for stopping them from defecting ( Read more... )

I am writing a sort of Gothic fairy tale spoof story set in a hazy version of mid to late-Victorian London. I never actually tell the reader where the story takes place and am taking many historical liberties, but I'm having trouble inventing a detail and would like to find out how this really works ( Read more... )

What is the term to describe a country or regime that is secretly run by the military, under the pretense of being a different type of regime? (Not necessarily a democracy- in my case it's an empire with a puppet emperor.) A [something]cracy term would be great, but I'm looking for anything really ( Read more... )

I am working on a sort of spy-spoof story. I won't give details, as it is fairly long and intricate. But i need help on what mines or plants processing minerals (one of the clues in the story is a new silicon-like mineral called "cauxite", and its kind of central to the plot, even if i'm not sure how yet XD). What do such plants look/smell like? ( Read more... )

I can't find anything that gives me a direct answer to this questions, after googling and wiki'ing, oh my ( Read more... )