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A dinner in a historical novel has little to do with forks. What the characters say and do, the intrigue and conflict and emotions are the story. But also, I'd say that 99.9 percent of readers (if this is popular fiction, not an academic paper on utensils) have given no thought whatsoever to whether people used forks in a certain year. Now, if it's important, a character noticing that there are forks, and being impressed because back in his village or castle or whatever, they can't afford or haven't ever seen forks, then that detail is part of the story and the character's development. Otherwise, there is absolutely no reason to mention forks at all.

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: First, really look at your audience. Define what you mean by a young adult. Normally we mean a teen, who has some concepts of adult issues but not the full toolbox to deal with them. To

: People Change One thing to remember is that celebrities (and all of us for that matter) change and age with time. So what a celebrity looks like "today" may not be what she looks "now".

: What should I know to publsh a new paperback from KDP For the past few days I have had zero access to CreateSpace; nothing else under createspace.com has given me a webpage, even an error

: Just wanted to put in a word for the Novel Factory (http://www.novel-software.com. Disclosure, I am the creator). It's aimed at organising all aspects of a novel, including locations, characters,

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