Slip Into Something Victorian Blog

Victorians believed in legends of beings of mystical lore including that of the historic Wild Men. In them, European and Asian legends met W...

While working on my new Civil War romance, Katie Rose , I wrote a scene where the heroine, whose brother-in-law has just been killed at Gett...

I was watching the History Channel the other day, no surprise there. But their new series The States was on, and they were talking about Wy...

There is no reason I need to know this. But I was researching the history of the telephone on the Internet (which I do need to know for my ...

My quill pen is in my hand. It's dipped in blood red ink. Here's what's going on. Characterizations for my Victorian novel are u...

It's all the rage. EVERYONE does it (OK, I don't. It requires patience and creativity I don't have.) It's new, it's exci...

Princess Beatrice Contributed to Literature, Part 1 As the youngest of Queen Victoria's children, Beatrice's lot in life was to rema...

But this is a sports-related (online) board game. OK, so it's from a UK primary school, but it's fun! And it's short - there are...

The 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia was attended by millions . It's not every year you can celebrate your country's 100t...

It's summer so of course my mind turns to games - usually of the outdoor type but there are rainy days when you need to entertain yourse...

Who? you're probably wondering. Yes, he was a US president - the 19 th . Yes, he was shot. But who was he? The second president to be as...

It's my favorite line from Alice in Wonderland . No, I don't know if it's from the books (though I suspect it is) or even which ...

You know, the author of the World War I novel All Quiet on the Western Front. What does his birth have to do with the Victorian Era? Very li...

Historical Romance Club is celebrating its 4th Anniversary with a HUGE Contest! With over Forty books generously donated by some of your fav...

This is something that I often have a difficult time with as a writer--choosing names for my characters. It's hard enough writing conte...

A discussion on the Hearts Through History Romance Writers loop inspired this blog. In my time travel romance, Erin's Rebel , the hero, ...

Wallace Delois Wattles (1860-1910) began his most famous book, THE SCIENCE OF GETTING RICH, with these words: "Whatever may be said in ...

With the help of Mary Ann, I've added another picture page, this one of the American West. http://home.comcast.net/~dleagan61/index_fil...

OK, we all know Victorians were into games - cards, croquet, tennis, you name it, they did it, invented it, or expanded upon it. Modern poke...

Well, Lord Stanley certainly went about it the right way. The Stanley Cup finals are on, featuring my Ottawa Senators against the Anaheim Du...