Frost Fair
Hello, Friends! It's been another hot minute since I've blogged here. I know I keep saying I'll do it more often, but then Writing and the Day Job and Life all conspire to prevent me from doing so. Sadly, Worth has been delayed due to a combination of several factors, but I am still plugging away at it. I've also been…
On Love, Research, and Rabbit Holes
Yesterday was February 14th...Valentine's Day. I love Valentine's Day, I truly do. It is the one day when we get to celebrate Love in all its forms. As a romance writer, this is our holiday! If you've been following me, you know that I love Love. From the racing heartbeat of New Love, to the heated embrace of Passionate Love, to…
What's In A Name
“Delaney." Graeme said her name into the dark, fingers lightly tracing up and down her arm. “That is not a name one typically hears in the ballrooms of Mayfair.” “I am not the typical woman one finds in the ballrooms of Mayfair.” “Thank God for that.” He chuckled at her cheeky reply, pressing a kiss to the crown of her…
But it's a tree...
Having researched Georgian and Regency England for going on three years now, I sometimes forget that what are commonplace language references for me are not familiar words and phrases for those not as entrenched in the period as I. During one of my Sunday Snippets, I had my Hero get out of bed on a cold winter's morning, don his banyan…
You Pad Your What?!
In my third instalment of It's Research I Swear, I mentioned an exhibit at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art called Reigning Men: Fashion in Menswear, 1715-2015. It covered a broad range of periods and clothing styles, but since I write stories taking place in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, I focused my visit on those pieces. Among the…