Research Books!
To continue the theme of country houses (and don’t you envy Diane, who is touring such beautiful estates?), I thought it would be nice to talk a bit about the research books I use to build the country houses in … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Country House
What? No Carpets? A Visit to Stratford Hall
One of the unexpected pleasures of writing Regency Historicals for me is researching how people lived. I’m fascinated by the mundane details of life, like what flowers grew, what food would be eaten, what furniture would be in what room. … Continue reading
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Tagged Country House, Northern Neck, Robert E Lee, Stratford Hall
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On the Way to the Retreat
Like Elena, this past weekend I was at a Retreat–Washington Romance Writers Spring Retreat. Not to work, but to be “In the Company of Writers.” We had speeches and workshops and Romance Jeopardy and much conversation. More about that on … Continue reading
Tagged Country House
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Unexpected Find-Country houses
My husband leaves things around sometimes. And sometimes I pick up after him. One item he left around recently was a 1985 issue of National Geographic (because, doesn’t every husband?). Imagine my surprise when I leafed through it and found … Continue reading
Tagged Country House, Mark Girouard
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