Love is worth the risk
Highlighting Historical Romance with Ana Morgan who shares one of her stories set in North American prairie country. The terms Great Plains and prairie are not synonymous, although the eastern portion of the Great Plains is primarily prairie. The rest is steppe, the two distinguished by types of plant life. Prairies are the great sea […]
I’m already two mugs in today, folks. The good news is I finished a short story –it will be my gift to all my newsletter subscribers. I also finished an ebook cover for it this morning. I’ve begun writing The Cost of Money (The name is iffy. Maybe The Snare of Riches). At the same […]
Highlighting Historical Fiction with Cindy Tomamichel who discusses food in Roman Britain Reading about food is always fun, and more so when it is in the past. What did people eat, and how has food changed over time? I write time travel historical fantasy set in Roman Britain. I use various resources for research, including […]
Highlighting Historical Romance with Susan Varno who shares what garments Regency women wore under their cloth…and when they didn’t bother with any. During the Regency Period, what did ladies of refinement wear next to their skin? Ladies usually wore a chemise, either ending below the waist or halfway down the calf. If worn at all, […]
I’ve written before about the phases of writing a book, of which completing a rough draft and typing “the end” is one step. After an author has gone through it a few times, smoothing out the rough and getting it more or less in shape, some authors—I’m one—like to give the book to beta readers […]