Good ideas/Bad ideas

This is a bit more on marketing, more importantly in what not to do. I separated the list into the Good and the Bad, in no order based on what I’ve seen and/or done.
The 4 Ps of Marketing:
Product: What it is and how it relates to a person’s needs/wants. Also includes supporting elements such as [...]

Public Reading

Happy Belated Birthday to Queen Victoria (I’m only two days late), and thanks for the day off last week.  My man and I have decided that Mondays off are much better than Fridays off, because you get to enjoy them longer when you realize (every day) that it isn’t Tuesday, it’s Wednesday etc.   So do [...]

My Romance Debut

Seems it’s my turn to blog here again and I’ve already done my history blog for this month, so I thought I’d talk about my soon-to-be-released Civil War time travel romance, Erin’s Rebel. It seems I’ve waited forever to see, first of all, if I could find a publisher for this book, and once it [...]

Victorian Literature

Victorian literature: dark and depressing, goody-two shoes heroine triumphs over evil, bullies, and her own insecurities to become the goody-two shoes heroine with it all. The men are all tough, sailors and soldiers who fight the good fight for king and country or life, liberty & the pursuit of happiness. Depending on location.
Charles Dickens was [...]

Victorian Women At Work

The outbreak of the American Civil War opened up many opportunities for women to work outside the home. Just as during World War II, when the men marched off to war, women stepped into positions previously held by men. They now could work as editors, authors, be employed in shops, factories, workshops, telegraph offices, and [...]

The Sutter Creek Inn

“I will protect your Inn.”  A spirit told Jane Way in 1966, soon after she purchased a 16-room New England style home in Sutter Creek, California, with hopes of creating a beautiful Inn.  And he kept his word.  He also brought his friends along.  What he didn’t tell her was with the package she would [...]