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Local Fact Checker: Write like a local.

Give new readers a place they can escape to and locals details they recognize. You can trade the worry of getting a beloved place wrong for the pleasure of bringing it to life.

Included with membership at $10/month or more.

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Build a setting readers can picture, explore, and remember. You choose the details that belong in your story.

Your manuscript stays private. Author Media never stores or views it, and the AI companies do not train on it.

The difference a detail makes

Give readers somewhere to go.

Your characters meet at a café. The scene becomes more particular when the details belong to this town: what the regulars call the square, which shop is still open, and how the evening weather changes the walk home.

Keep the reader inside the scene.

A convincing setting supports the action, the atmosphere, and the people who belong there.

  • Keep the plot believable

    You want readers caught up in your big rescue scene, without a nagging doubt about whether it could happen there. Approach revision with that suspense in mind.

  • Stay in the story’s year

    You can enjoy bringing another time to life without that nagging fear of breaking the spell. Give readers a world they can settle into.

  • Let a visitor sound like a visitor

    A newcomer and a longtime resident may describe the same place differently. You keep every character sounding like themselves.

Before the book leaves your hands.

Your next book deserves the same care as your first, and you can face the next handoff with fewer nagging doubts.

  • Before you publish

    Review suggested changes while you still control the release decision and can address a setting concern before readers receive the book.

  • Before you submit

    Give your novel another look before sending it to an agent or editor. Resolve local details that could distract from the scenes you want them to remember.

  • When you revisit an older book

    Investigate a reader-raised concern before changing an edition. You can take the concern seriously without losing confidence in the story you meant to tell.

Bring your novel. Leave with a clearer next step.

You bring

Upload your manuscript, with optional setting notes about places you invented or the year of your story.

Your manuscript stays private. Author Media never stores or views it, and the AI companies do not train on it.

You get

You get a written local-setting review to help you decide what to revise or research.

Treat the review as an AI-assisted first pass and verify important suggestions before revising.

Before you start

Do I need to have visited the setting?

You can bring a place to life whether you have never visited, moved away years ago, or know it well. A visit is not required, and you still choose which details serve your story.

What if I invented a town or a business?

Your invented town can still feel like somewhere readers want to visit. You keep your creative choices and decide which suggestions belong in your story.

Can I trust every correction?

No. AI can miss mistakes and flag details that are already right. Check the evidence before revising, especially when a suggestion affects an important plot point.

Will it change how my characters talk?

Your characters keep the voice you gave them, and you decide every change. Keep the voice you intended and verify any suggested factual change.

Can it replace a local beta reader?

You do not have to settle every local question alone. Keep a local beta reader in your revision plans, because AI is not a substitute for someone who knows the place.

Can I use it for my next book in a series?

You can face your next book’s setting worries with more confidence. A new region may raise different questions from the places you researched for earlier books. This tool does not compare separate volumes or maintain a series reference.

Does it check medical or historical details too?

Its focus is local settings. For injuries or treatment, see Medical Fact Checker. For broader historical questions, see Historical Fact Checker. Military details need a separate qualified review.

Is it for fiction or nonfiction?

You can bring your novel with its setting worries. Local Fact Checker is for novelists, rather than nonfiction fact checking.

Is my manuscript private?

Yes. Author Media does not store, track, or view anything you post to this tool. The tools reach each AI through its business API with privacy set to the maximum, so the AI companies do not train on your words.

How much does it cost?

Local Fact Checker is included with any Novel Marketing Patreon membership of $10 per month or more. That membership also unlocks more than 80 other author tools in the Patron Toolbox. AI tool use draws from your membership’s credit balance, and the amount used varies with the request.

Part of the Patron Toolbox

Give your next reader a place to step into.

Take a closer look at your novel’s setting with Local Fact Checker, alongside more than 80 other author tools included in your membership.

AI tool use draws from your membership’s credit balance. The amount used varies with the request.

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    Historical Fact Checker

    Investigate broader historical details that could affect your scene, beyond the local setting.

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    Location Compendium

    Gather your book’s place details into a reference you can consult during revision or while planning the next book.

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