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What interesting research have you carried out relating to recent stories you have written, or are writing?

Amazing in-depth research and Internet searches being reported here. On the other hand, I had a free week in early November and met some Irish friends from Dublin in the west coast town of Galway. I spent a week there absorbing as much scenery, history, culture, and Guinness as possible. Then two weeks of furious writing to get a Winter Holiday story in. It comes out tomorrow.

An amazing place, shockingly beautiful, and the traditional culture still lives in their smaller towns. If you ever have a chance to go, take it!
 
SinclairGroupLLP said:
I get caught up in some seriously weird rabbit hole google searches when I'm trying to make sure I get details correct that only I will ever notice or care about, lol.
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Checking your details adds depth to your story and can lead to finding other nuggets for the current or future plots.

Checking your details avoids having people with better information sabotaging you in the comments.

Example: I love the John Wick flicks, but I lived in NYC in the 1980s and visit once or twice a year.
So many continuity errors.... it's very distracting to be wondering how he entered the Continental a block from Wall St and goes to the roof across the street from St. Patrick's Cathedral miles away. Or gets on a subway, fights, and gets off at a station you'd have to change trains to get to.

Great story, but those details are like grit in my eye.

If I am using any real world references, Wikipedia & Google Maps tabs are open.
 
The story that involved all the biblical, New York of the 19th and 21st centuries, Venice of the 15th century, religious order, and other historical research posted.

"Fallen for a Nun"

I think I have enough research notes left over for another story, but haven't come up with a plot
 
Silent movies and silent movie theaters. Silent movie theaters weren't silent. There was an orchestra in every theater except the very smallest and they played scores written for the silent movie being shown. The crowds were rowdy and yelled and applauded all throuout the movie. Silent movies were also an excellent way to learn a new language. The audience had a pretty good idea what the title cards would say based on the acting and the visuals leading up to it. In theaters in immigrant neighborhoods, the hand cranked projector slowed to a crawl and the audience of immigrants sounded the words out together in the dark! Once everyone finished reading, the projectionist resumed his usual pace.
 
Wifetheif said:
There was an orchestra in every theater except the very smallest and they played scores written for the silent movie being shown.
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Lots of smaller theaters only had a single piano player (there were standard scores for a single piano). And the size of the ensembles varied wildly by theater size even if they had more than a single keyboard. There were not arrangements written for many of the combinations, so the local musicians made up their own versions, There were also completely different scores that circulated, so you could see a move in two theaters and hear completely different music.

When talkies came out, 20,000 professional musicians lost their job in a few months. Right before the depression hit.
 
iwatchus said:
Lots of smaller theaters only had a single piano player (there were standard scores for a single piano). And the size of the ensembles varied wildly by theater size even if they had more than a single keyboard. There were not arrangements written for many of the combinations, so the local musicians made up their own versions, There were also completely different scores that circulated, so you could see a move in two theaters and hear completely different music.

When talkies came out, 20,000 professional musicians lost their job in a few months. Right before the depression hit.
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Yeah, sometimes an organist or pianist survived to provide music between features or at intermissions.
 
I just spent last evening searching commercial real estate sites in a particular town for office space suitable for my extra-horny troupe of lawyers and a CPA. The CEO found a floor in a somewhat new downtown building near the courthouse that fit them to a 'T'. Aside from the professional offices, there was one big room that had a separate entrance to a private hallway with restrooms and a shower room. Absolutely perfect for the way they... uh... conducted "business". The first thing they did on moving in was buy a bed and other furnishings for the "lounge". Their new space was christened forthwith!

What's super-funny is that this "perfect" space for my characters is real, and available. If I wanted to cough-up $3,000 a month for it today (or Monday, being the next business day), I could, IRL.
 
iwatchus said:
Lots of smaller theaters only had a single piano player (there were standard scores for a single piano). And the size of the ensembles varied wildly by theater size even if they had more than a single keyboard. There were not arrangements written for many of the combinations, so the local musicians made up their own versions, There were also completely different scores that circulated, so you could see a move in two theaters and hear completely different music.

When talkies came out, 20,000 professional musicians lost their job in a few months. Right before the depression hit.
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Silent films also had the fotoplayer. There are only a very few left, and a very few people who can play them. Joe Rinaudo is the most well-known. The music starts around 2:00:


Here's a more dynamic performance:

 
As part of a fairly recent story idea I've had, I am researching cannabis. Marijuana, or marajwana. Mary Jane. The wacky weed. Reefer. Kush. Ganja. The first thing I've learned, as you might be able to tell, is that there's a lot of slang terms for it (try several dozen). Also, as someone who's pretty square all things considered, I'm learning all the basics for the first time. Thank god it's going to be a modern fantasy story so I can fudge whatever details I need to cause I'm certain anyone who knows their stuff who reads this story will immediately know that I have no idea what I'm writing about.
 
caleb35 said:
As part of a fairly recent story idea I've had, I am researching cannabis. Marijuana, or marajwana. Mary Jane. The wacky weed. Reefer. Kush. Ganja. The first thing I've learned, as you might be able to tell, is that there's a lot of slang terms for it (try several dozen). Also, as someone who's pretty square all things considered, I'm learning all the basics for the first time. Thank god it's going to be a modern fantasy story so I can fudge whatever details I need to cause I'm certain anyone who knows their stuff who reads this story will immediately know that I have no idea what I'm writing about.
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You should watch The Gentlemen if you'd like some delightful euphemisms for the white-widow-super-cheese, and also because it's a great movie.
 
MillieDynamite said:
The effect of a lie on a body. How long it takes to bleed out if your stabbed in the liver. How much force is necessary to break a neck. Turns out, breaking a neck isn't as easy as TV and movies suggest.
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Also I just watched the Iranian movie IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT and it reminded me that kidnapping, as crimes go, is sooo much hassle. A people business, if you will, and one with complicated logistics to boot
 
MillieDynamite said:
Oops, typing faster than brain was working. But I should do a search on that as well.
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This came up in conversation last night (criminal justice majors are a trip); https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_farm

If you cut bodies right down the middle (like, split the body vertically through the abdomen, sternum, & chest cavity) they decay much faster.

No lye.
 
Currently brushing up on my weird German expressions and trying to find places to use them.

My favourites so far are Sockenbügler which translates as "sock ironer" and means "wimp", and Satteln wir die Hühner, which means "let's go" but literally translates as "saddle the chickens".
 
THBGato said:
Currently brushing up on my weird German expressions and trying to find places to use them.

My favourites so far are Sockenbügler which translates as "sock ironer" and means "wimp", and Satteln wir die Hühner, which means "let's go" but literally translates as "saddle the chickens".
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Angsthase is surprisely useful, especially when I am trying to avoid military slang that people find hurtful.
 
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