Month: June 2013
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Taking a Regency Holiday: Travel Regency Style
Travel is not for the meek of heart. I love to travel to new places, encounter new experiences … but I don’t especially care for the actual “travel” part. You know, the hassle of the airport (passports, security, squashy-tin-flying-thing, customs), or driving (stuck in a car forever). I usually have to decide I really want…
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Treasure Hunting: Paranormal Style
I consider myself something of a treasure hunter. I love nothing better than hunting through thrift stores, second hand shops, and garage sales. I tingle with glee at the notion of an “emporium” (wonderful things when they deliver on the name, but beware of those who thought it was a good name, but are not…
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Crap, Crap, Everywhere: How to Find Perspective When You Think the Pages Stink
Yep, I’m still in revisions. And this post is late today (sorry about that!). I’m at the point where it feels like revisions will never, ever end and there is no light at the end of the tunnel. It was turned off last Tuesday. Or maybe back in December … Anyhoo, I’ve been going through…
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Travelling: Social Curiosity Today and in the Regency
I just got back from San Francisco this week (awesome city, lots of fun). While traveling, I’ve been going through a travel book written in the Regency in c.1804, “Letters from England” by Robert Southey. Essentially, the author notes and observes some of what he considers oddities he encounters on his travels through England, largely…
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Weird Wednesday: Luideag, the Rag
Today we feature a nasty female demon named Luideag. From Scottish Highland folklore (specifically out of the Isle of Skye), she’s an evil demon who’s name means “The Rag.” She took the form of a human woman dressed in ragged and worn clothing, with the not-so-pleasant intent of causing the death of any human within…
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Choosing a Setting: How do you choose?
I’ve been thinking a lot about setting and atmosphere recently. It definitely isn’t one of my strengths, and I want to change that – and what better opportunity than the latest rewrite? I’ve also found a few problems where the setting I chose just doesn’t work. Which begs the question: how do you choose the…
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The Regency Period: An Introduction
I adore the Regency Period. But often when I say I write “Paranormal Regency romance,” I am greeted by blank looks, and confused stares. Unless you love the Regency (or maybe romances), there’s a good chance you haven’t heard about it. My husband considers the Regency “that time before the Victorians, but still in the…
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Weird Wednesday: Ode to the Werewolf
For the inaugural launch of Weird Wednesdays, I thought I’d use this paper on werewolves which I wrote for the website, but which has gotten lost along the way. It seems suitable to start with werewolves, since hey, I like them. 🙂 And no, I doubt most of Wednesdays posts will be this long, or…
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Something New Happening Here!
Hey, I actually have NEWS! (Yes, it deserves caps). I’ve been tinkering with the idea of expanding my blog and posting schedule, and I’m actually going to do it. Yes, now. Starting immediately. Here’s what you can look forward to: – Mondays – Writing, the War of Art, Inspiration – Wednesdays – Weird Wednesdays (no,…
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Technology and the Writer
I am not a big fan of technology. It took me a time to adjust even to the computer and typing my words rather than *gasp* using a word processing program. Well, I’m a few decades past that, but I still have a love-hate relationship with the computer even now, that helps me share these…