Wetherburn’s Tavern I had a chance to experience some living history last week in Williamsburg, Virginia. I’ve long followed the posts about Colonial Williamsburg on the Two Nerdy History Girls blog, and my recent cross-country travel gave me the perfect … Continue reading →
I love learning how other authors research real life to find the little details that help with worldbuilding, especially for Science Fiction, Fantasy, or (Yipes!) Horror. Today, Author James Austin McCormick is sharing a bit about how he goes about … Continue reading →
Even though we fiction authors “make things up”, research is essential. Author Juanita Aydlette is here today sharing her research for her exciting paranormal romance. Research for It’s in the Blood In It’s in the Blood, my heroine, Gabrielle Madsen, … Continue reading →
Researching the Fiction Just about a year ago I put the final touches on my 2016 Regency Christmas novella, The Marquess and the Midwife. To write that story I did a good deal of research into midwifery practices of the period. … Continue reading →
A Quick Trip to Gretna Green ***A Small Spoiler Alert*** Readers will probably figure out that for my new release, The Bastard’s Iberian Bride, I had to organize a Regency wedding! Part of my planning involved researching a “quickie” Scottish wedding. … Continue reading →
In my last post I talked about Francis Bradlee’s book, Piracy in the West Indies and its Suppression. This week I want to share one of the stories of pirate cruelty. Bradlee includes the entire narrative of the ordeal of … Continue reading →
Since tomorrow is Ash Wednesday, it seemed like a good idea to do a post about today. In England, this is Shrove Tuesday, or Pancake Day, and in the rest of the world, Carnival, or Mardi Gras. In the more traditional Christian churches … Continue reading →
Though I’ve always enjoyed the action and adventure of the James Bond movies, I never saw much true romance between James and his Bond Girls until the train scene in Casino Royale when Eva Greene showed Daniel Craig that he had met his … Continue reading →
Last week I typed “The End” on my 2014 NaNoWriMo project, having written an unbalanced 50k plus words in November, and 20k through December and the first week of January. In this particular manuscript the heroine revealed herself early on to … Continue reading →
I’ve been busy this month re-reading Georgette Heyer’s Regency Buck and preparing a post for the Beau Monde blog on the book, which happens to be: The First Regency Romance You may be one of those people who think … Continue reading →