Slip Into Something Victorian Blog

The preceding blogs about genealogy on this site got me thinking how little I know about my own family's roots. But several years ago, m...

Morning, everyone, Today is my turn for Tuesday ten. I am, however, sick with yet another cold and my computer died last week. The new one...

After Christmas each year, I get a ‘to be read’ pile, but the new year brings no time to read them. Nevertheless I’ve managed to read two. ...

One of the most famous alternate history writers is the Sci Fi guru Harry Turtledove. I'm currently reading (listening to) the first in ...

Part II: The Bad Boys Like any self-avowed “good girl”, I have a weak spot for bad boys. But reading about some of these guys make...

Before you can create your own Wild West characters, it helps if you know a little bit about the larger than life legends--good and bad--...

My mother, Vivian Kirkpatrick Madsen, spent the last ten years of her life working on our family genealogy. I was fortunate enough to be th...

I love to travel. I haven't been to as many places as I'd like, and there are some I'd never go to for various reasons, but ther...

Built in 1878-79, the Vineyard House stands on a hill overlooking the town of Coloma, nestled close to the American River in the Sierra Moun...

Nothing what-so-ever about Victoriana, but the headline caught my attention. In 1986 he got a record-breaking $5 million in a bidding war fo...

All right the original post only had 7 of the Tuesday Ten because blogger hates me. But I finally got it to work well enough that I now have...

Happy Twelth Day of Christmas (yesterday) and welcome to the Winter Doldrums. I personally thing they last until Mid-April to early May. Man...

The American Civil War, like other wars both before and after, was responsible for a leap in technology regarding advances in weapons and mi...

Why do you write historical? I write historical because I love the adventure of an entertaining historical romance. What part of the Victori...

In my Victorian era storyline, a pivotal scene to the caper occurs during a peaceful picnic. Wondering whether the Victorians did this tradi...

I heard this from television the other night on The History of Sex. While many of us consider chastity belts something from the middle ages...

Can we stand another holiday-themed blog? I've read a lot, but there's always room for one more. Sure it’s a Tuesday Twelve, instea...

Happy New Year From All of Us to All of You!! As we did last year, the scandalous Victorians and I—writers as well as history enthusiasts—ar...

Sex Wars, by Marge Piercy This is a book that I didn't know I wanted for Christmas until my husband bought it for me. I originally thoug...

Our view is way different than the Victorians' view. Westerner's concept of them include (shudder) Paris Hilton and Britney Spears; ...