If you set a story in 1666, and your viewpoint character does not have access to time-travel, he probably would not be familiar with the concepts of telegraphing, or oxygen.
Just saying, like.
Second paragraph of third chapter: Stacy didn’t answer when I called the house. I left a quick message asking her to come by and feed Spike and the…
Last year I had read at least one book in all but one of the series on the final ballot in this category. This year all but one of them were…
I found it pretty easy to rank these this year, though I am also very well aware that my tastes are very different from those of voters (and indeed…