Renaissance and Regency Rummage Repository

A rummage through random aspects of the past that interest me and may be of use or interest to other readers and writers of period fiction. Please note that the stories featured and my artwork for the covers are copyright; and have the courtesy to ask permission if you wish to use anything that is mine, and duly acknowledge it if you do.

Monday, 28 March 2016

Regency Names [male] used by officers at the peninsula, outside of the top 50 names

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These names come from Challis’ roll of those officers found at the Peninsula, and I have organised them by those found most often. I h...

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Monday, 21 March 2016

Writing by dice.

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I did this as a guest blog some time ago and thought I'd reblog it here. I came upon the idea of using dice in writing when...

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Thursday, 3 March 2016

Writing two books at once can be a nervous business...

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They say that a man who tries to catch two rabbits will lose them both, but of course he has to watch both absolutely simultaneously. I had...

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Tuesday, 9 February 2016

A few more literary names for your Regency Heroines.

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First of all, let me post a link here to the two nerdy history girls, who have shared some advice to would-be novelists of the late 18th ce...

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Sarah: Well, let me see, I'm a bibliophile, Ailurophile, technophobe and practising to be a grumpy old woman. I get irritated by glaring anachronisms in fiction, and I love to read a well researched book. I live in East Anglia in England, and I love the history that surrounds me there. My major field of interest is in textiles; I also sew.

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