Love is worth the risk
I have always depended on the kindness of strangers. Stella, Streetcare Named Desire Writers have ever relied on the kindness of strangers. We hope someone will pick up our work, read it, love it, and tell others about it. No amount of self promotion works if that doesn’t occur. While I would never want to lump […]
Research is one necessary task for a writer of historical fiction. Sometimes research uncovers the unexpected. While searching for portrait painters from the Georgian/Regency period I discovered that, when a personal act of George III founded the Royal Academy of Arts in 1768, two of the founding members were women: Mary Moser and Angelica Kauffman. […]
This week I had the joy of a visit from some of my favorite cousins. In addition to food, good conversation, and touring the some of the prime historical sites here in Philadelphia, we had reason to talk about our grandparent’s lives. They brought some boxes of papers left by our late uncle. Some stories […]
I confess to you sadly that up until a month ago I had never read a Georgette Heyer novel. Worse, gentle readers, when I did, I didn’t like it. I hear the collective gasps of Heyer devotees around the world. I can explain. First, a step back. Having written about the regency era, the question became, […]
Some people have asked if Dangerous Works would have a sequel. Yes! This has been a productive month, and as I picked up steam after the holidays an avalanche of work has overtaken me. (The Great Nor’easter of 2015 is about to hit. Snow is on my mind) I woke up this morning to edited […]