I had a lot of spirited feedback to my Thanksgiving recipe for roasted peacock. Apparently you all can’t wait to run out and celebrate by cooking up a giant bird and serving it in its own feathers. Well, this is the week to do it! Another fine Christmas tradition dating from the Regency era–and there [...]
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Dec
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Dec
My daughter wrote a play. This might sound pretty impressive, because, after all, she’s not even reliably potty-trained yet. But I will let you judge for yourself. Behold, the play in its entirety: LITTLE MISS R: (makes whiny sounds, with a smile on her face so I know she’s performing) ME: Use some words, please. LITTLE [...]
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Dec
Mr. R is usually my first reader. So far, he’s my harshest critic too (though eventually I’ll probably run into some who are harsher). When he read the first chapter of the first draft of my first book, he said only, “Your characters talk like aliens.” It wasn’t a sci-fi novel, so this was not [...]
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Dec
R is for Research: Lamps, Lighting, and…Spermaceti?
Posted by Theresa Published in History, Research, The writing lifeWell, they used candles then. That’s about all I knew about Regency-era lighting several years ago, before I cannonballed into the waters of romance-writing. Now I know: yep, they used candles then. And lamps, too. And even gaslight. No fooling. Lighting is a tricky business in historicals. Writers have to keep in mind the effects [...]
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Dec
Amidst the flurry of baking and accidentally listening to rap music instead of Christmas music this past week, I realize I’ve been neglecting my blog. I don’t have any stunningly amazing insightful things to say, except this: when a toddler says she will hold a bag of chocolate chips for you, what she really means [...]
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Dec
December Contest: Really Lazy and/or Really Nice
Posted by Theresa Published in Contests, Reading, The romance genre, WIN‘Tis the season to come up with that perfect gift for everyone on your list. Ah, if only we were mind-readers. (Well, maybe not. No one needs to know what I’m really thinking.) But when it comes to giving yourself a gift, no mind-reading is required. You know what you want. And if you’re reading this, [...]