Applejack, you are trouble! · 7:52pm Mar 30th, 2018
I swear, I never have to do more research for a chapter than when Applejack is involved.
Chapter 9, I had to learn about hot water systems. Not just how they work, but what all can go wrong and how exactly you fix it! Fun fact, there isn't really a standard system, pretty much every building is different, at least on an industrial scale. Fortunately, the idea of a boiler room is fairly basic, and with so many possibilities it's hard to say any one is wrong haha. And admittedly, that was kind of interesting to learn.
Then during the Bad Day arc, I had to learn about apple harvesting! How apples are harvested, when, etc. And I didn't even get to use most of it 
Of course I only did all that to make sure I didn't have them harvesting something in October that's only ripe in November, but still. Another fun fact, different types of apples have different harvest times, and apple farms tend to grow a variety of types for this reason. I dunno, that's probably common sense but it was interesting to learn.
Of course, that leads in to Chapter 21, and me learning about making cider! Which basically combines both of the other two, actually. Cider pressing systems are actually kind of like boilers, except with even more of a homemade element to it. So, I guess what I'm saying is no one can prove me wrong! Wahaha!
Honestly, this stuff is part of the fun of writing AJ, at least in Neighbors. She never was one of my favorite characters in the show, but she really is starting to grow on me in Neighbors 
Research!
Fun fact about researching as a writer: when you do it correctly, most of the time, no one will be able to tell.
But if you don't, they will know
Also, those are not so bad. I'm pretty sure I must be on a few government watch list with some of the things I've been researching for writing.
Keep up the good work!
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True! I've definitely had to look up worse haha. She's still the one I've had to research for the most though, I'm just not all that good with handy stuff I guess
That's what makes a story more enjoyable for us readers. A glaring mistake, even if very few of us would notice it, can pull me right out of a story. My knowledge of boilers is sketchy but AJ's explanation in that chapter sounded logical so it was satisfying to me. I'm a bit more familiar with cider pressing; we had orchards and a mill in my town and I'd watch the apples go in one end and the heavenly nectar I was going to take home come out the other, but without electric motors or Big Mac on a treadmill it looks like a lot of hard work converting about 1 bushel per gallon. And I know nothing about the hard stuff, it's only outside this country that the word conjures up an image of an alcoholic beverage, something that has gotten the show in trouble a few times in overseas markets.
Keep up the good work, I love where you're taking this cast of characters.
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I pulled up a couple of different how to guides for it, and actually it seems like a fairly simple process. Basically wash the apples, smash the apples, squeeze the apples, juice. Of course if you want nonalcoholic cider you have to add some other things, and I guess you have combine different apples to get the best results, which isn't too surprising. But yeah, kind of fun to learn about. And man, there is nothing like going to an apple farm for fresh squeezed cider 
Uh oh, I'd better bring my A game then