Regency Fiction Writers – The Beau Monde

I have been so busy this fall! The Beau Monde, my Regency writers group, disaffiliated from RWA® at the end of September. Since reopening as Regency Fiction Writers (RFW) on October 1st, I haven’t had time to breathe, let alone post here. Today, the new organization stands 359 members strong! So proud of my fellow…

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The 2020 Beau Monde Writers’ Retreat will be Virtual!

You may have seen me mention the Beau Monde before and wondered what it is… The Beau Monde is an online writing organization with members all over the world that welcomes all writers of Regency-set romances, regardless of stage of publication and publication path of the writers, and level of sexuality, range of plot elements,…

Secrets of a Research Ninja

Want to Improve Your Google Searches? I’ll be teaching my SECRETS OF A RESEARCH NINJA online course in November for my local RWA® Chapter in San Diego. It doesn’t matter if you’re a romance writer or even a writer at all, the class is open to everyone! So, if you’d like to improve your “google-fu”,…

Photo of author Margaret Locke

Interview with Historical Romance Author Margaret Locke

Today, we’re celebrating Margaret Locke‘s newest release, THE DEMON DUKE, the first in her new Put Up Your Dukes series. I first met Margaret through Facebook and her first series of books which were more paranormal with time travel to and from the Regency and fell in love with her sense of humor and her…

Thomas Rowlandson’s illustration entitled Death and the Apothecary or The Quack Doctor.

A Primer on Regency Era Doctors

In this entry about Regency Era doctors for my Regency Primer Series, we’re going to take a look at the medical profession. Just as there are lawyers and barristers, there the different were different types of Regency Era doctors: physicians, surgeons, apothecaries, midwives/accouchers, and barbers/dentists. These differences determined what they practiced and their place in…

Jack of Hearts is a Finalist!

You know how they say you can’t win the lottery if you don’t play? That holds true for a whole lot of things in life. If you don’t put yourself or your work out there, how can you expect any recognition? A couple of months ago, I submitted the first 25 pages of JACK OF…

Eliza Hamilton Dress: Another ‘Historical’ Pattern

Once again, I’ve been scrambling to finish a costume for my eldest, an Eliza Hamilton dress and it managed to pull me away from both writing and social media for a while. Long-time readers of the blog may recall the purple widow’s dress I made for a 5th grade presentation using the Simplicity colonial dress…

$5 Friday eReads

$5 Friday E-Reads are my way of listing what I’ve been reading lately, sharing them with you as well as a few good deals to boot. Each week, I’ll either bundle a set of books that I know total $5 or less at the time of posting, or pick one book that’s $4.99 and see…

$5 Friday eReads

$5 Friday E-Reads are my way of sharing some good deals on the great reads I’ve read fairly recently. I’m going to try to bundle a set of 5 books that I know total $5 or less at the time of posting. I kinda like the 5 books for $5 or less idea too, so…

$5 Friday eReads

$5 Friday E-Reads were conceived because I’ve been contemplating a new type of blog post that’s both relevant and recurring. I’d also been thinking about listing what I’ve been reading lately, and thought this would potentially kill two birds with one metaphorical stone. I’m thinking I’ll either bundle a set of books that I know…