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Category Archive: Research
Mar
25
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Feb
12
Dirty Pictures, Regency-Style
For my latest ms, I’ve been researching artists of the Regency era–specifically cartoonists like Gillray, Cruikshank, and Rowlandson. An artist in this time had to be a jack of all trades. Not only did they do work on commission, such as portraits and book illustrations, they did other things, such as teaching wealthy nobles how …
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Feb
05
The Nine Steps of the Waltz
This illustration showing the nine positions of the waltz is from an 1816 publication called, Correct Method of German and French Waltzing (1816) by Thomas Wilson. Wilson was a notable dance teacher of the day:
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Here is a waltzing scene from La Belle Assemblée, February 1, 1817:
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Not exactly …
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Dec
05
Period Clothing
One of the wonderful (and most challenging) aspects to a historical novel is getting the clothing right. Details, details, details! But for me, the research is part of the fun. In one of my stories, the heroine goes to the opera–which had very specific outfits different from your regular evening wear. Who knew?
This …
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Jul
19
Terms With Naval Origins
I’m a sucker for history, and one thing I love is to discover where common everyday phrases come from. In one of my Regency stories, the hero is a former captain in the Royal Navy, so I did a lot of research into all things nautical during that time period.
There are lots of phrases …
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Apr
28
Revisions, Revisions, Revisions
I’m getting a contemporary manuscript ready to pitch at RWA, which basically means going through it with a fine-toothed comb. Again. Anyway, I found this great blog post by author Nathan Bransford (Jacob Wonderbar and the Cosmic Space Kapow). It’s an awesome list of things to think about as you make revisions. My three favorites …
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