An interview with Regency author Valerie Holmes
Today I am welcoming Valerie Holmes to my blog for a Q & A. Valerie creates Regency romance with a difference, featuring spies, adventure...
Whatsisname? An author's game of choices
I’ve spoken before of my obsession with names. Agonising over what title to use and what surnames to bestow upon my characters is another...
YouTube mayhem, or an author’s guide to tecchie horrors
For a while now I’ve been trying to figure out how to do excerpt readings of my books on YouTube. Prior to the figuring, I was thinking...
The Butler – A Personification of Englishness
In the nether regions of any aristocratic household, be it Carson of Downton Abbey or Hudson of Upstairs Downstairs, the Butler reigned...
You can’t go there or do that if you’re a lady
Contrary to our ideas of what is acceptable, restrictions on Regency ladies were, on the whole, for their protection. We consider crowds...
