RESEARCH TIP: What’s It Called?

As I wrote the short story, “Tunnel Vision,” for The Final Twist
anthology, UNDERGROUND TEXAS, 2011, featuring a female property
manager overseeing a new tenant buildout, I constantly found myself searching
for information on what actual building products were called. Internet construction
materials websites were a lifesaver. The sites showed the exact tools in color,
including cables, electrical connections and, thank goodness, the names
construction crews used. I learned more about Romex (bright yellow) cable and
junction boxes, two-way radios, electrical conduit, massive computer servers,
electrical meters, insulated tools and protective gloves, steel shelving and
anti-static cloths. Just another resource to make our stories more authentic.

by Sally Love