There’s a wonderful post at the Oregon Regency Society by Stephanie Johansen about riding sidesaddle. Not only is she a member of the ORS, she’s a serious horsewoman. If you write anything that is historic, this is a great post. She also has a load of links to other useful resources. So when trying to […]
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I was writing today and hit a point where I needed my nice young Edwardian lady to exclaim with frustration. It’s a point where a modern actress would likely say “Shit” and that’s so not correct. Oh, so not correct, for 1907. So I wrote, When he left the room, Cora slapped her palm against
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Well worth reading for the view of theater in the early 1900s. (from The vaudeville theatre, building, operation, management, by Edward Renton, 1918) “Resourcefulness” should be the middle name of the individual who is competent to occupy the position of property-man in a theatre. There are other important qualifications, but this one is essential. He
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Sure, I have to research props for stage, but I also have to research them for fiction too. For instance my upcoming story in Talebones, is set in England in the 1920s. I needed to find out if cigarette lighters existed by then. Yes, but hand held ones were still a couple of years away.
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While researching champagne for stage, I stumbled across this 1906 article from the NY Times. It’s a fun read if you’re a theater geek like me. EATING and drinking on the stage,” remarked the chronic theatregoer the other night, “always bores me when I have dined well and tantalizes me when I haven’t; but whenever
Those of you following me on Twitter already know some of this but I’m about to go into a whole heck of a lot more detail about Maggie. She’s been terribly unwell and while I was away, Rob sent me a warning that he thought all we could do at this point was make her
In the world of real life is freaky, check out the olm, which even has a name suited for a fantasy. The olm is a Europe’s only cave adapted vertebrate, and has numerous adaptations for an underground life. Olms hunt their prey in the absolute dark and have developed a powerful sensory system of smell,
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I just ran across this article that I clipped as part of the research that I was doing for “Waiting for Rain” about how China planned to halt rain for Olympics and it occurred to me that you might be interested in some of the other research behind the story. Wines Sula Vineyard “India’s leading
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Astronaut Greg Chamitoff, aboard the International Space Station 220 miles above Earth, is ready to take your questions. Here’s your chance to hear direct from space. Chamitoff’s schedule will not allow him to answer many questions, but he will attempt to answer a few each week. In this video, he talks about the concept of
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I’m hoping that one of you might have run across something like this in your internet journeys. For a story I’m working on, I need an online generator that will allow me to check off mental illness symptoms and return potential diagnosis. Like a choose-your-own disorder. Has anyone seen anything like that?
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I’m stymied by police procedure. I’ve posted a query at Ask-A-Cop, too, but figure you guys are smart and might be able to help. (If you’re in the pool of people reading this or about to read this for me, you’re about to get some serious spoilers, so skip this post) I’m writing an urban
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