Monthly Archives: January 2015

Mourning Becomes Her: Regency Mourning Dress & Customs

by Gail Eastwood Posted on January 30, 2015

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has been running a lovely costume exhibit (“Death Becomes Her”, which closes tomorrow) covering mourning fashions roughly 1820-1920. I was invited to see it with a friend who knows how much I … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Regency, Research | Tagged Fashion, Gail Eastwood, mourning, Regency Mourning, research, Victorian mourning | 7 Comments

My New Favorite . . .

by carolyn Posted on January 28, 2015

Is this: The Historical Thesaurus of English For those of you who don’t already know about this, I’ll wait here while you go check it out. Decades in the making. Linked with the OED. This is a word lover’s paradise. … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Research, Writing | Tagged Things to love | Comments Off

Australia Day

by diane Posted on January 26, 2015

Today is Australia Day! Or, if you are in Australia, then perhaps yesterday was Australia Day. This national holiday is marked by community festivities, family get-togethers, and citizenship ceremonies welcoming new citizens. Like our Fourth of July. Australia, of course, … Continue reading →

Posted in History | Tagged Australia, Penal Colony | 2 Comments

Tired Tropes I Could Do Without

by Elena Greene Posted on January 23, 2015

This year I received NINE books to judge in RWA’s RITA contest. It appears, from online discussions, that people who are open to judging a broad range of categories can get swamped, as I have. Unless there are changes in … Continue reading →

Posted in Rant, Reading, Writing | Tagged alpha hero, feisty redhead, stereotypes, tropes | 7 Comments

Worth More Than 1000 Words*

by Sandra Schwab Posted on January 21, 2015

*Unless you’ve managed to dislocate your heroine’s shoulder I’m a bit late with posting today because I spent a really long day at university, inflicting Shakespeare’s Othello on my students around midday and then grading for the rest of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Anything but writing | 3 Comments

True Pretenses Winner!

by diane Posted on January 20, 2015

Congratulations to Karenmc! You are the winner of Rose Lerner’s True Pretenses! Karenmc, look for an email from Rose! Thanks to everyone who made Rose feel welcome!

Posted in Winner announcement | 2 Comments

Regency, Manga-style!

by diane Posted on January 19, 2015

Two years ago, I opened a package of books delivered to me and discovered that my 2007 book, Innocence and Impropriety had been released as a Japanese Manga! What a thrill. I blogged about it here. I loved the illustrations, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 9 Comments

Guest Interview and Giveaway – Rose Lerner and True Pretenses

by susanna Posted on January 18, 2015

Everyone, please give a warm welcome to Rose Lerner, who’s here to talk about her latest release, True Pretenses, and give away a copy to one lucky commenter! Never steal a heart unless you can afford to lose your own. … Continue reading →

Posted in Giveaways, Guest, Regency | Tagged books, Rose Lerner | 39 Comments

I’m sorry. I’m having a bad hair decade.

by susanna Posted on January 16, 2015

So, I’m between projects at the moment, finishing up my blog tour for Freedom to Love and planning for my big Waterloo bicentennial trip to Europe this summer. I decided it might be a good idea to put a free … Continue reading →

Posted in Frivolity, Research | Tagged Fashion, hairstyles, Susanna Fraser | 10 Comments

Books, eBooks, and Audio Books, Plus Ivory, Plus Writing

by carolyn Posted on January 14, 2015

Judith Ivory’s Black Silk is one of my all time favorite historicals. At the time I read Black Silk, Ivory’s books were not available in eBooks. There were terrible, horrible, cheap POD versions — with newsprint quality paper and ink … Continue reading →

Posted in Risky Book Talk, Uncategorized, Writing | Tagged Audio Books, Judith Ivory, romance tropes | 5 Comments

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Monthly Archives: January 2015

Mourning Becomes Her: Regency Mourning Dress & Customs

My New Favorite . . .

Australia Day

Tired Tropes I Could Do Without

Worth More Than 1000 Words*

True Pretenses Winner!

Regency, Manga-style!

Guest Interview and Giveaway – Rose Lerner and True Pretenses

I’m sorry. I’m having a bad hair decade.

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