So I’m at the halfway point for NaNo (though I’m a few days behind), but I had to stop to share this gem. In my novel, which takes place in ancient China, they use a different way to tell time. In China, every two hours or so was 1 hour dictated by an animal of the zodiac and their order in said zodiac. (Like, it’s the Hour of the Rooster right now, which will end around 7 p.m. since it started at 5 p.m.) Anyway, I didn’t remember the order or the times used, so I turned to my old friend Google and searched “Chinese hours”…and got all of the business hours of all the Chinese restaurants near me. So instead of a system used to tell time, Google was like, “Chow mein?” No, Google. That’s not what I need.
