Historical Belles and Beaus

Shakespeare said it best: “Oft expectation fails, and most oft where it most promises…” Thanks to my expectations, I can’t watch Pillars of ...

Like the independent bookshops, small independent book publishers are struggling and some are going under. I hate to see this happen. But w...

By Stephanie Burkhart Gabrielle Anwar, Margaret Tudor on "The Tudors." A part of Henry VII always worried that the English Crown m...

This summer I decided to treat myself to something special that would last me all season long. Because of things going on I wanted something...

Research can be so interesting! Interested in the uses of honey in history, I found a link to St Bee’s Man. I’d heard something of this topi...

Most people assume that historical novels, even those that are closely based on actual persons and events, inherently represent a much lower...

Rules to Engage a Gentleman's Interest (If anyone can tell me where I got this piece, I'll send them an E-copy of my historical roma...

I'd like to point out a few ways in which historicals are - well, different . I love reading historical novels of all genres and I love ...

MOURNING THROUGH THE AGES The recent death of my twenty-two year old kitty, Molly, and people's reactions to her death had me takin...

I love writing Regencies about spies and now have three novellas where spies make an appearance. But the spies during the Napoleonic era wer...

posted by Jen Black 5th July The problem of childlessness attracts a lot of attention today, but it cannot match the strain such a matter pu...

To most of the world, a Yankee is a citizen of the United States . But within the US , there are Yankees, and then there are Yankees. ...

When I first looked at the cover of my novel The Lady's Slipper, my first thought was that it was lovely, but then my second thought wa...

If you are writing a Victorian Historical, Victoriana Magazine can be quite helpful and inspiring!In my novel, Call Me Duchess, I visualize ...

He'd be here soon, demanding his conjugal rights. A quick toss, then off to his club, while she fretted over bursting with another baby....