XPost: soc.history   
   From: rattle@dontemailme.com   
      
   In article <6047da4.0402200545.2c322920@posting.google.com>,   
   cmashieldscapting@hotmail.com says...   
      
      
   >As I narrow down the general questions, I'm going to have to begin to   
   >ask very specific questions--for instance, about geographical areas I   
   >either haven't visited or about which I don't know certain details,   
   >and simply about what was available in a given time and place as well   
   >as what was most likely said and done there.   
      
   Seems to me you have two options.   
      
   1. Since you're writing fiction, invent the fictional   
   place and describe it any way your imagination dictates.   
      
   2. If you insist on using historical place names then   
   visit the place you're writing about and gain personal   
   familiarity with it.   
      
   Seems to me it's a fool's errand to expect   
   total strangers in some newsgroup to write   
   your novel for you. OTOH, the wonders of the   
   WWW are such that you can do an amazing   
   amount of research there - as opposed to here!   
      
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