Working in historical fiction is so much fun. You can trip over all sorts of unexpected details. In “Charred Hope” my story for Love’s Perilous Road, I wrote that the innkeeper served my hero pancakes. One of the beta readers asked, “Did they call them pancakes?” Yes they did! I had the same question and had checked on the word usage.
Etymonline the etymology (history of words and language) dictionary said “thin cake of batter fried or baked in a pan,” c. 1400, panne-cake.” My eagle-eyed Bluestocking Belle friend also researched. She found a recipe for medieval pancakes! So there you are.
Pancakes aside, my draft is in good shape and will soon go out as Beta2. There were no horrible conflicts with any of the other stories. It is due next Monday, but I expect to hand it in tomorrow.
Then I will work on “Music in the Night” for a Dragonblade collection that will be called “Dukes All Night Long.” More on that later. But first, coffee!