Slip Into Something Victorian Blog

Here for this week's Tuesday ten are ten books to help you breathe life into your old west characters and take your reader there: 1. Tim...

I am a Red Sox fan. I have been for lo these many years, and have experienced the highs, and far more often the lows, of watching my team....

It’s amazing that what we take for granted now was new and fascinating slightly more than 100 years ago. I admit, some might be a stretch, b...

It's a common question asked at a birth, but when studying pbotos from the nineteenth century, it's often hard to tell whether a you...

The American cowboy’s code of ethics was pretty straightforward—but each “rule” was backed up by plain ol’ common sense. Here, for our Tues...

Why do you write historical? I’ve always been a storyteller. Even as a child. In Kindergarten, I’d gather dozens of students about to tell t...

After doing my very first interview on this blog last month, I was asked to do an interview on Shirley Kiger Connolly's website. I had f...

I bought several slang dictionaries years back to help me get a feel for period dialogue. I often found that the slang references were from...

I was researching a Chateau, and as often happens, I came across something completely different. Did everyone but me know that Queen Victor...

We’re starting a new thing here. You might’ve heard of Thirteen Thursday. We’re doing Tuesday Ten (it’s the alliteration). This is a list of...

I love Savannah ! Love, love, love it. It's my perfect city, and if my life wasn't tied to the Northeast, I'd move there. OK, an...

The Necessary Toilets in the 1800’s Probably everyone is aware that early Romans and Greeks had ingenious indoor plumbing and heating based ...

Isn't all it's cracked up to be. I went away on this mini-vacation to Hilton Head to write, and ended up with a horrible migraine th...

In my Civil War time travel romance, Erin's Rebel , my heroine is a modern day journalist who finds herself transported to the time of t...

Here's the next part of our monthly interviews with our authors. This month we're talking to Jennifer Ross, whose short story app...

It's September (do I hear a big wail?) So as summer theoretically wanes, I thought I'd revisit my 2007 goals. Not that I really reme...

I love music, and wonder why it's taken me so long to do a post (or whatever) on it. I was watching Disney's Mickey and the Beanstal...

Thought I'd continue with my theme on music. It's an important part of daily life, then and now. How often do you turn on the radio,...

The 'Victorian Era' is so long and encompasses so much, that it's nearly impossible to pick a trend or place or tune or much of ...

Periodically, we scandalous Victorians discuss architecture. Here is a link to an excellent website that covers the subject (complete with p...