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In my experience which is admittedly quite a few years ago.  It was not very easy to convince a magistrate to issue a search warrant.  We had to have the affidavit drawn by an assistant D.A..  You first had to convince the D.A. which wasn't easy, then you had to take that to the judge for signing.  Not an easy process.  If you found contraband or other evidence of a crime.  The validity of your original warrant then can be brought into question for the contraband or other evidence.  In your book, I have not seen enough evidence for a search warrant for any of your suspects.  Mike

To answer you last question JP, as I remember there were 18 yr. olds drafted.

I have submitted, what fun. Thanks for thinking of this. It was quite a challenge. I did not see it mentioned in the rules about multiple entries.  Is it ok to make more than one?  Mike

Don't be intimidated by thinking your lyrics are not good enough.  Have fun with it.  John Denver wrote some classic words that still ring in many ears today.  That was a process for him as it is for everyone.  This is one of his early compositions.
"(You Dun Stomped) On My Heart"

I told you that I loved you, you said that is so good.
I called you my darling, I thought I always would.
But now you've gone and left me, I don't know what to do.
So my little darling, I write these words to you.

You dun stomped on my heart and you mashed that sucker flat.
You just sorta stomped on my aorta.
You started going out with guys. I felt us drift apart.
And every step you took was a stomp on my heart.

I only hope that someday, you get them low down blues.
In some smoky honky-tonk you'll look down at your shoes.
You'll think about that tender heart that you crushed beneath them soles.
With your cold busting stompers, you left my heart so full of holes.

You dun stomped on my heart and you mashed that sucker flat.
You just sorta stomped on my aorta.
You started going out with guys. I felt us drift apart.
And every step you took was a stomp on my heart.
And every step you took was a stomp on my heart.

Give it a try, it's fun.  Mike

Amazon and Kindle which are review driven will become even more so now.

Congrats JP, thinkin outside the box.  too cool.  Mike

Mz P, Read the blog on foreshadowing.  I will remember to just give a peek.  Thanks  Mike

Thanks all.  I got the answer I thought I would get.  Guidelines only no rules.  I am learning that I can write a chapter in 1,000 words and go right back and make it more interesting and 2,000 words.  I think having a guideline will make a new writer like me go back and squeeze some good dialogue out of something that was skipped over.  I'm learning but it's an interesting ride. Thanks for helping.  Mike

dags and Janet, I appreciate your concise answers, but do you never expand a story to make it into a novel. The intricacies of my story comes to me while I'm writing and I really don't know where it is going next.  This may be naive and rookie-ish but that is what is happening.  I find the joy in letting my mind go and creating new twists.  Do either of you give no thought to length or number of words at all?  Mike