My husband landed in the hospital, keeping me away from my computer for the last several days, so I’m reprising an old post from 2013 about the Domesday Book, a fascinating document from the Middle Ages. Domesday Book No, that … Continue reading →
Those dukes are often the wildest Regency romance heroes. Here’s a true story that is stranger than fiction! (With one too many deadlines this week, I’m reprising this post from August 2013.) Buying and Selling a Wife In my post … Continue reading →
I’m off celebrating my wedding anniversary today (36 years!) so I’m sharing a brief post with a few more of my pictures from Colonial Williamsburg: The Tinsmith Shop In The Counterfeit Lady, I had my characters running around the Yorkshire … Continue reading →
“Why do they wear those crazy wigs?” My son asked me this one night when he came upon me watching the modern-day British legal drama, Silk. Judges and barristers in British courtrooms still wear wigs, continuing a tradition that started … Continue reading →
Dueling in the Regency Do a Google search on “Dueling in the Regency” and you will come across many informative blogs on the subject, from The Art of Manliness to Historical Hussies. Since I’m writing a dueling scene in my next … Continue reading →
At this very moment, I’m engaged in my own Regency Travel, visiting London for some research. So I’m reprising an old post from August 2014. While writing my short Regency novel, Bella’s Band, I looked into means of travel. Enjoy! I … Continue reading →
Women have always worked. There. I know that goes against received wisdom for some people, but it’s a truth my husband and I often discuss when we talk about our mothers and grandmothers. Especially our grandmothers. For my maternal grandmother … Continue reading →
the Troubles Google the term “the Troubles” and you’ll see that in our modern history it refers to the “ethno-nationalist conflict” in Northern Ireland in the late twentieth century. “Troubles” is a pretty mild euphemism for a conflict in which … Continue reading →
Happy Fourth of July! As this posts, I’m celebrating the Fourth of July in Southern California with incredibly beautiful weather, and lots of fireworks all over the neighborhood. To commemorate the day, I thought I’d continue with the topic of … Continue reading →
Writing historical romance can be scary work, fraught with the possibility of the dreaded… Historical error You might think that’s a minor thing, but if you’ve lurked in the chat rooms of historical authors, you’ve heard the scathing criticisms. Those ideas … Continue reading →