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…
Jex Lane
This week on Sunday Speed Dates I have Jex Lane joining me. Geek. Gamer. Ambivert. Bookworm. Author. I enjoy writing about hidden worlds full of vampire hunters, epic battles, steamy sex, and, of course, beautiful monsters. Join me on facebook and say hi! I don’t bite…I let my vampires do that for me. Thanks for joining me! I’m just going…
A Month-Long Challenge
I decided to do something a little nutty this year. I decided to sign up for NaNoWriMo. That's National Novel Writing Month for those who don't know. It's a challenge, really. A challenge I take upon myself to write a 50,000 word novel in a month. That averages out to 1,667 words each day. Every day. For thirty days. On good…
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…
Jeanne Felfe
Welcome, and thanks for joining me for another edition of Sunday Speed Dates. This week I welcome Jeanne Felfe! Jeanne Felfe (pronounced Gee Knee Fell Fee) started writing as a teen, but never seriously until about 2012. She would start writing with stark raving enthusiasm, and then mysteriously stop, sometimes for months or years. It wasn’t until she retired from…