This is a pineapple reticule from 1810 or so. It is crocheted. In Of Noble Family, I have Jane making a silk fabric version of the same.Why? Because I have absolutely no idea how to crochet. I know fabric and how to make this shape out of it. There were cloth reticules. The smocking technique
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Last night, at the Nineteenth Century Club in Oak Park there was a ball in honour of Jane Austen’s birthday. I made this dress to wear. The fabric is a very sheer border eyelet that I embellished with a little bit of applique on the bodice that I tied in with some embroidery. Aside from
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Here are my thoughts on fan fiction. I see no harm in it. We’ve all imagined fantasies about our favorite shows or characters. Some people choose to put their fantasies in text. Writing down daydreams is what writers do. I see no difference between playing a cover song of your favorite band for fun, and
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If you are reading along with Of Noble Family, there is a new ending for Chapter 12. It begins with the line, “He waited with every sign of polite attention, save for the muscle that throbbed at the corner of his jaw.”
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Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night. I used to fret about it, but ever since reading about first sleep and second sleep, I sort of roll with it. Sometimes I go back to sleep, but usually I just go ahead and get up. Last night was one of those and resulted
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Behold! I have a new chapter for those of you reading along. I got about two thousand words done on the flight back from Salt Lake City. The flight itself was entirely uneventful, but we had a tiny bit of excitement on the way to the airport. For reasons that remain unclear, my phone kept
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For those reading along, Chapter 13 is up. Yesterday we recorded eight episodes of Writing Excuses. I’ll be honest that it’s weird to be here recording without Dan. When we’re at conventions, it’s not unusual to have only two or three cast members and record an episode with a special guest. Being at Brandon’s house,
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I’m in Salt Lake City to record new episodes of Writing Excuses. I managed to get 3400 words written on the flight out, so there’s a new chapter for those of you who are reading along with Of Noble Family. It’s funny, there’s snow on the ground here. I remember when I was coming in
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If you are reading along, Chapter 11 is up. For those curious types, I’m at 56, 611 words and have just finished Chapter 13. Currently the book is projected to be 26 chapters, but that will probably alter. Or rather, the places that the chapter breaks are will alter. I use chapter breaks to control
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Back in early 2012, I broke one of my molars. Rob and I were strapped financially. We were not sure how we were going to cover the cost of having the tooth dealt with. During the midst of that stress, I tweeted about the tooth. Shortly after that, I got an email from Jim Fiscus. Jim
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At his secret volcanic cat lair, Marlowe attempts to conduct important business, only to be thwarted
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We had our annual holiday party last night. My grandmother Robby (from whom I get my middle name) started throwing a Christmas Eve dinner party for the entire family 57 years ago. My parents have carried on the tradition. While I was growing up, they’d do a similar menu in Raleigh and I eventually realized
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For those reading along, I made some changes to Chapter 8, which is mostly at the end starting with “Vincent narrowed his eyes…” that might affect how you read Chapter 10. Meanwhile, I recorded an audio book this week, so got very little writing done. Hopefully I’ll start being able to get pages turned out
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I have this series of posts about Debut Author Lessons. As a sort of holiday present, I thought I’d do some more this month but… to make them as helpful as possible, I thought I’d see if you have any requests. Just leave a question down below in comments. I’ll see how many I can
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I finished NaNoWriMo earlier today, which is always a satisfying feeling. Behold! As a result, those of you reading along with Of Noble Family have a new chapter to read.
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