Another Call For Help
Okay, so I’m writing the third Jill Kismet book, and I’ve just come across a serious need for information on Latino/Hispanic/whatever they call them now gangs in the Southwest, most likely Arizona area but LA will do. Whatever resources/references anyone has will be appreciated.
Basically I need slang, information on their habits, books and movie recommendations if you’ve got ‘em, and if anyone has a law-enforcement (or “in the life/retired”) contact whose brains I can pick I’d be Very Grateful. I always like verisimilitude in this sort of thing, and the more research I do the better a job I can do.
So…if you have suggestions, please feel free. Also, you can email me at contact (at) lilithsaintcrow (dot) com if you have a contact whose brains I can pick.
*sigh* Dammit. And here I thought I was going to get off with just writing another Jill book. I hung out with street families in the 90s in Seattle, but that does not prepare me for writing Latino gangs.
And I get the odd feeling I’m going to end up on someone’s watch list for asking this sort of question…
August 29th, 2007 at 1:22 pm
Lilith, I think this might help: http://www.streetgangs.com
May 1st, 2008 at 10:02 pm
You’re probably over needing this by now, but I thought I’d toss this link your way:
http://community.livejournal.com/little_details/
It’s a community for writers where you can ask the wierdest little things–from how greek mythology would intersect with real-life ancient egyptian trading routes to how many care bears you’d need to skin to make a suit *not joking*–and get really great answers.
In case you’d find it helpful.