The Curious Peach
Here’s a post from a few years ago, edited and recycled. It’s peach season and I’ve been eating lots of them. Yum. Peaches have been around for a long, long time, from China to Europe via the Silk Road, to … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: August 2016
Wilt thou yet confess?
Hi everyone! I’m reposting an old History Hoydens post today, about Regency ghosts. When I wrote it, I was working on a book with a ghost character. The book is now under my bed, but who knows what the future … Continue reading
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Research as Routine
I say all the time that I’m a pantser, not a plotter, but I’ve come to realize that’s only partially true. I do plot, or at least I research towards plot. When I’m in the “thinking” phase of starting a … Continue reading
Posted in History, Isobel Carr, Research
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Read-A-Romance-Month
Did you know that August is Read A Romance month? it’s a growing movement started by romance advocate Bobbi Dumas who reviews for NPR, the New York Times and Kirkus. Click on this link for details on RARM: http://www.readaromancemonth.com/about-read-a-romance-month-2/ This year I … Continue reading
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Coming back, slowly
Hello all! I’m sorry that I haven’t been around much of this year. Life has been more than ordinarily challenging–maybe I’ll share some of the story someday. What I can tell right now is that once again I’m working on … Continue reading
Poll! What kind of Regency Heroine / Hero Would you Be?
There are two polls. Feel free to answer one or both or write your own in the comments. For either poll, please imagine the love interest of your choice. Heroine Hero
Dining Out in the Regency
Have you been out to dinner at a nice restaurant lately? When you told your friends, did they look at you with pity and then gossip about you behind your back? Is your reputation ruined? How times change, LOL! The … Continue reading
Posted in Food, History, Regency, Research, Uncategorized
Tagged food, Gail Eastwood, History of Dining Out, Regency Dining, Restaurants
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Fairy Tales, More Fairy Tales, a Mouse Skeleton, & Tomcat Murr: Castle of the Wolf
Last month I re-released Castle of the Wolf, a novel that was originally published back in 2007. It is a gothic romance — well, at least, it was planned as one, only then the lady with the sturdy boots turned … Continue reading
Posted in Regency, Writing
Tagged Black Forest, Gothic romance
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Scandal! Gossip! Research! Redux!
I am just finishing up the fourth book in my Scandalous Summerfields series today, Lorene’s story. As befitting the title of the series, scandal plays and important role. Lorene has an abhorrence of scandal, but it does seem to follow … Continue reading
Posted in History, Regency, Research
Tagged gossip, Leigh Hunt, newspapers, Scandal, Theodore Hook
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