The London Weekly is a newspaper of my own invention, but some of the stories in it are not. I stole them from actual Regency newspapers because, Lordy, you would not believe what folks got up to! Here is one of my favorites…but first, I must say, that wedding planning has made me consider elopement [...]
I wrote the first two writing girl books while I was in graduate school, studying early 19th century British literature. One class in particular was absolutely invaluable to my research: The Economy of Print Media. Basically, we studied the cheap, “trashy”, real stuff that people were actually reading: periodicals, railway novels, and, of course, [...]
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Comments (0) Once upon a time, I asked my dear readers (that would be you) to supply some names that I might use in A Groom Of One’s Own, formerly known as The Sinfully Seductive Rakish Rogue’s Mysterious Midnight Mistress of Pleasure. One of the characters is a shameless namedropper, so a lot of names were required, [...]
And now, dear readers, a special announcement from my darling dog, Penelope. Actually, it’s a special performance of her “poor starving orphan” routine. I feel compelled to mention that she’s a very well fed little dog, but nevertheless…lovely lil’ Penelope would really like you to buy a copy of A Groom Of One’s Own.
Why you [...]
This little scene between Miss Harlow and Mr. Knightly didn’t make it into the final version of A Groom Of One’s Own, but I’m quite fond of it, so here is a little exclusive bonus material for y’all. Oh and PS: there aren’t any spoilers here. Enjoy!
One week after our heroine has been jilted at [...]
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