Tuesday Ten – Financial Fiction

The 1800s saw some of the worst financial crises ever. Banks failed with alarming frequency, entire populations lost everything (India, Ireland, South America), and bankers and bank practices were scrutinized as never before – some even prosecuted.Here are a couple failed banks and financial crises:Anglo-Indian Bundelcund Banking Company 1833Royal British Bank 1855Irish Tipperary Bank 1857The [...]

Another Book Cover

Thought I’d show off my latest book cover. This is for my Civil War time travel romance, Erin’s Rebel.
This story features the Victorian hair brooch described in my last post as the catalyst that transports the heroine back through time. The brooch contains a lock of the hero’s hair.
This story will also be a [...]

Godly intervention?

I love stories like this. Paranormal is so interesting and you just never know, do you?
This is from history.com, This Day in History February 23, 1885
A remarkable reprieve for a man sent to the gallows

On this day in 1885, a 19-year-old man named John Lee is sent to the gallows in Exeter, England, for the [...]

Victorian Hair Jewelry

The Victorian period was a very sentimental time. This was evidenced in the popularity of jewelry made from human hair. Often, upon a loved one’s death, a lock of the deceased’s hair was taken and preserved by being chemically treated. The braided or woven lock was then set in a metal frame.
The American Civil War [...]

Tuesday Ten–Funny Etiquette Rules

Ever wake up in the morning, growl at the sun, snarl at your cup of coffee and then suddenly remember you’ve got Tuesday Ten looming over your head too? Okay, probably not unless you are Christine or Nic or me.
I had a good plan for Tuesday Ten. I live in New England and there [...]

During the Victorian era, men’s fashions moved away from the past. Prominent men such as the British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli were held up as icons of how gentlemen should not dress. He received criticisms for wearing historically prevalent shades including purple suits, but that was the sign of the times in menswear.
Menswear began to [...]

During the Victorian era, men’s fashions moved away from the past. Prominent men such as the British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli were held up as icons of how gentlemen should not dress. He received criticisms for wearing historically prevalent shades including purple suits, but that was the sign of the times in menswear.
Menswear began to [...]

Scandalous Victorian–Christine Koehler

I’m sorry. I slipped on getting this month’s interview out on the first Friday of the month. Or the second, for that matter. But here it is–welcome to Scandalous Victorian, Christine Koehler.
Why do you write historical?Because there are so many fascinating eras out there that I love, and love learning more about. [...]

Perseverance Pays Off

I’m happy to announce I just got a contract for my Civil War time travel romance, Erin’s Rebel, from The Wild Rose Press.
When I looked over my submission file for this manuscript, I realized I’d been sending it out for five years and getting nothing but rejections.
I actually wrote this story before joining RWA. This [...]

Quaker Woman Saves Washington’s Army

She was dead for 38 years before the world learned of Lydia Darragh, the heroic woman who saved George Washington’s revolutionary army 231 years ago.
The archives of the University of California at Berkeley show only a few references to the incident in besieged Philadelphia during the bitter winter of 1777 when a delicate, righteous Quaker [...]