Did you all know this?

I was researching a Chateau, and as often happens, I came across something completely different. Did everyone but me know that Queen Victoria’s father lived openly for many years (in Canada and the West Indies) with a Catholic woman? Of course they couldn’t marry (although there are some rumours about a morganatic marriage) [...]

Tuesday 10

We’re starting a new thing here. You might’ve heard of Thirteen Thursday. We’re doing Tuesday Ten (it’s the alliteration). This is a list of 10 interconnected items that may or may not have to do with writing, the Victorian era, or anything except each other. Since this was loosely my idea, I’m going first.
10 historical [...]

Savannah

I love Savannah! Love, love, love it. It’s my perfect city, and if my life wasn’t tied to the Northeast, I’d move there. OK, and I could afford to live in their $1.2 million homes right in the Historical Section.
The history is eccentric (yes, yes, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil and all, [...]

Toilets in the 1800’s

The NecessaryToilets in the 1800’s
Probably everyone is aware that early Romans and Greeks had ingenious indoor plumbing and heating based on water flow. Many of the early sewers built by Romans in England are still utilized. King Minos of Crete had the first flushing water closet recorded. A toilet was discovered in the tomb of [...]

Writing on Vacation

Isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
I went away on this mini-vacation to Hilton Head to write, and ended up with a horrible migraine the first day. In my world, this isn’t unusual. On vacation? This definitely is. I mean it’s vacation! I should have no issues, problems, pain, or worries on vacation.
I did manage [...]

Victorian Women In Journalism

In my Civil War time travel romance, Erin’s Rebel, my heroine is a modern day journalist who finds herself transported to the time of the Civil War. Although at first, she’s forced into the position of a laundress in an army camp, she later obtains a job as a reporter on a small town newpaper.
To [...]

Interview with Jennifer Ross

Here’s the next part of our monthly interviews with our authors. This month we’re talking to Jennifer Ross, whose short story appears in No Law Against Love, Highland Press.
Why do you write historical?
I think it’s important to understand how we came to be where we are. I also think it’s fascinating! [...]

Goals – redux

It’s September (do I hear a big wail?) So as summer theoretically wanes, I thought I’d revisit my 2007 goals. Not that I really remember what they were, but here goes.
I finished 2 stories this year, have revamped, revised, and rethought 2 more. I’ve blogged at least every week here and at Unusual Historicals, though [...]