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Save that thought for a later review.  He needs to quit talkin' and start writin'.  For now, he's established the prices in the current market.

Oh, I would call the piece of iron for slaves....(drumroll)...a nail.  It goes in line with the talon/ hoof theme.
(I'm quite proud of myself for this one)

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I guess that changes the question.  How many pounds of flour to a sack of grain?

Pick your own terms, but you don't have to be very specific.  I use year and season.  Decide on the length of your week (I kept it standard and made seven days per week.  Weekends are called Endweek.  Wednesday is midweek)  Time of day is determined by the sun.  Morning, high noon, afternoon, evening, and dusk.  In my world, there are two moons that move in synchrony and similar orbits.  People keep time based on where Estril and Farrah are in the sky.  Every now and then, there is a conjunction and they change order in their rise/ fall (about every hundred years)

Coin is based on copper, silver, and gold.  Platinum is rarer and not used for money exchange.  You could use 'bits' or 'shavings' for lesser coinage.  Just use whatever works for now and decide later.  Don't let it slow your writing because you can do a word search later and switch to whatever terms you want. 

Just don't copy the distinctive ones.  Anne McCaffery had 'marks'.  Rowling had her own names for coins.  Find something generic and run with it.

I think it's wonderful that your characters are being given a say in the plot.  Pat yourself on the back for this because I think it's an evolution in your writing. 

My problem was different.  I could see the scene but since I'd written the action, I didn't especially want to write what happened in between.  Writing in a linear fashion is something I've only been able to do for a couple of years.   Before that, I just wrote about the drama and didn't peg stuff together even though I knew what would happen.  That might be why Acts is strung along for the first third of the book.  Once I got to the action, it moves a lot smoother.

Oh, NJC and Janet.  I've integrated your suggestions for 'Saving Tazar.'  Took me long enough.  Work smeared me for the last string of shifts, so I just limped home, fell over and then went back to the coal mines for more of the same.  Today, I changed the ending slightly.  Janet's point was good.  I hadn't left the reader with any idea of what the rest of the story would bring.  That's been fixed.

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Thanks for the advice about the software glitch

I just added another Collin story called 'Vigilance'.  Anybody free to look?  It's only two pages...

Turning away from the questions can also mean misdirection.  If a fact continues and pushes through the Veil, then it needs to be known.  Think of it as a library full of facts and old books.  Sometimes, a piece of information is written in bold xtra large print, is left open on a table, has an audio book hooked to that page and the volume turned up.  Somebody is bound to notice.

Weren't we just talking about geologic time on this thread?  Hmmmmm?

Cleveland is in the middle of the state on the northern side.  Toledo is at the western part of the state.  Both border Lake Erie.  200 miles.  One hour and forty minutes by car. 

Janet, with as much as you love history, you might consider trying to go to an SCA meeting.  There has to be a chapter near you in Washington.  You'll find history buffs who love the Irish just as much as you.  While there are a lot of geeks in the club, I find that all of us are really well-read.  We are all mostly fun to be around too...especially when alcohol is involved.  In my household, there are three doctors, an audiology assistant, me, two officers in the military, a nuclear physicist, and a gal who programs computers for Google. 

I know people who card-weave, do tatting, brew their own beer, make their own dye for coloring fabric, and one of the top 5 specialists in medieval gloves (in the world)

Personally, I like wearing the clothes.  And I like eating the food that they cook.  In exchange, I usually end up doing a lot of dishes. 

Anyway, it's a thought if you don't like baseball.

I first thought it was a moon.  Then I thought it was part of a planetary ring because it was moving by so fast.  Then I found out it was a satellite built by Kajo the magnificent during his free time in between using the bathroom and taking a walk in the park.  Since it was making a full orbit in less than five seconds, it apparently flung everyone off the station so no one was left to steer.  Ergo, it must have crashed.

(High-fives self at the impeccable logic then realizes that a satellite qualifies as a rock and this might be a problem when flung at the atmosphere from space)

I"m stuck with finding the time. 

Everybody's stuck!  Where's the skunk?  That'll get us moving!  (FYI...not that common, Janet.  They are mostly smelled rather than seen.  In the dark they just look like waddling stray cats)  Usually, the only one who has to worry about them is a dog because they threaten the animal and force it to retaliate.  Some people get them descented and keep them as pets.  They're actually quite sweet.

Hmmm. Not sure. I'd expect yes but that is a guess. Lots near my house in Cleveland. They love garbage so I smell them especially in the summer