It's Research, I Swear - Part 3
Welcome to Part 3 of It's Research, I Swear. Last week I touched on some of the adventures I had on my trip to London earlier this year. You can read about them here. This week I'm sticking a little closer to home... As much fun as it was to travel to London, unfortunately, it is not a trip I…
It's Research, I Swear - Part 2
Welcome to Part 2 of It's Research, I Swear. Last week I touched on some not-so-usual adventures I've had researching and influencing my books. You can read about them here. But sometimes research can take us places far from home... One drawback of writing historical fiction of any kind is that you don't get to experience what life was like…
It's Research, I Swear - Part 1
If you've followed me for any length of time, you will know I am a huge fan of research. Honestly, I think it's one of the reasons I chose to focus on historical romance. I love to learn, and being an author of historical fiction has given me so many opportunities to pick up interesting tidbits -- such as the…
Friday the 13th
Today is Friday June 13th. Yes, that's right. Friday. The. 13th. The only one for the year 2014. The last time this happened was in 2011. While some years will only have 1 Friday the 13th, others can have up to three, depending on the way the calendar falls. Officially, fear of Friday the 13th is called friggatriskaidekaphobia, a combination of the…
Mother's Day
This Sunday is Mother's Day, a day for us to sit back and reflect on what terrors we were as children and then call our own mothers and apologize profusely for our behavior back then. :) Some believe the origins of Mother’s Day lie with Mothering Sunday, a tradition from the 16th century where individuals would return to their “mother…