A few months ago I posted about hunting in Georgian and Regency England and about how the peace that followed the Napoleonic Wars impacted the economy and hunting laws of England. I’ve been researching the topic of smuggling in England … Continue reading →
The latest big thing among my author friends seems to be getting their books into audiobook format. Here’s an article from Forbes about the popularity of listening to books. It’s something I’m considering for my own books. At a recent meeting of one of … Continue reading →
In any kind of story-telling involving lovers, the characters’ first kiss is a golden opportunity for the author, artist, or director and actors to engage the emotions of the readers or viewers. And stories need emotion. Without it, they’re just fictional reports or documentaries. … 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 →
This week I’ve rounded up three stories from the Wall Street Journal that illustrate the current world of publishing. Slipstream goes Mainstream There’s a new genre of writing out there called Slipstream: Slipstream encompasses writing that slips in and out of conventional … Continue reading →
Living in the mild Mediterranean climate of a coastal desert as I do deprives one of some of the celebrations and mile-markers of life. Like yesterday’s all important Halfway Point, Groundhog Day, the day that Punxsutawney Phil, using ancient traditional forecasting methods, … Continue reading →
January 24, 2015 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the passing of one of the great heroes of the twentieth century, Winston Churchill. In a lovely Op-Ed piece in the Wall Street Journal, his granddaughter Celia Sandys describes his last days … 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 →
An Anniversary… A few weeks ago I wrote about the story world of author Georgette Heyer, and an upcoming post I was working on. My article about Regency Buck, the first Regency romance, published in 1935, went live yesterday on the Beau Monde … Continue reading →