Hello Friday, goodbye September! Next week I begin revising–yet again–my Regency-set historical. I don’t dread slashing my words, I’m really very cavalier in relation to my creations (son aside; I’m not as cavalier about his welfare), but I do feel … Continue reading
Sorry about this. I thought I’d take a look and see what was up at the Riskies, lateish in the afternoon, and realized it was Thursday, my day to blog. It doesn’t feel like a Thursday, you see. I’m at … Continue reading
Please Welcome Candice Hern to the Riskies! I’ve known Candice for a long time. She was a member of my local RWA chapter for quite a while. In fact, and she does not know this, but way back when I … Continue reading
Happy Tuesday, everyone! I was out last night, hanging out in the bar of my favorite local restaurant (Ludivine, if you happen to be in the Oklahoma City area! Go there–it is fantastic…), and we started speculating on what the … Continue reading
The winner of Lavinia Kent‘s Real Duchesses of London, Kathryn the Kitten and Linette the Lioness, is …… Cathy P. Cathy, email us at riskies@yahoo.com with your mailing address if you want the print version; with your email if you … Continue reading
On Sept 25, 1818, the first human to human blood transfusion took place when James Blundell, a popular lecturer at Guy’s Hospital on obstetrics and the diseases of women, treated a severe postpartum hemorrhage by extracting four ounces of blood … Continue reading
Welcome back my friend, Lavinia Kent, who has had a busy couple of months with the release of her Real Duchesses of London novella series from Avon Impulse (which I loved!). Lavinia is here today to tell us about her … Continue reading
Like many other historical romance authors, I have a fondness for outdoor love scenes and put one in my new Regency novella, LADY EM’S INDISCRETION. Maybe real Regency folk didn’t spend as much time cavorting around gardens as the fictional … Continue reading
Good morning, all! Fall is here–officially, at least–and this season, perhaps more than any other, seems to signal a time to get cracking. So cracking we will get! I am embarking on yet another revision of my Regency-set historial on … Continue reading
So I was all set to do this stupendous post about my corset. I visited the staymaker last Saturday armed with my camera and found the batteries had died. So much for that, but my staymaker is indeed hard at … Continue reading
