Slip Into Something Victorian Blog

Sitting on a bar stool on the very spot over 1,000 hangings took place in the 1800’s might spook the average person, but for the hearty cust...

I thought I’d go for a total change of pace this time around and post a Tuesday Ten about my second favorite subject… the Civil War. I kn...

Release day! The day I've long been waiting for ... The Wild Rose Press released my short vampire romance story, Eternity Waits . Here...

10 Key Russian Events 1839-1901 The Victorian Era was a time of expansion. With expansion inevitably comes war. Russia was no exception. Her...

Shoot! It’s my turn for Tuesday Ten. I totally forgot until this morning. So I’m pulling stuff out of my bag and came up with food. Foo...

During the Gold Rush days the American River Inn, built in 1853, was known as the American Hotel. This historical landmark, located in Ge...

I'm completing research on a new short vampire story set during the Civil War and bought a book on the origins of vampire lore. Although...

It's interview day! I keep forgetting! Here she is, Caroline Clemmons . Why do you write historical? I love history. When I was a child,...

With The Model Man released and my work load gradually easing up, I’m finally able to get back to the historical research I’ve started—and ...

Thanks to everyone who left a comment here on the Slip Into Something Victorian blogsite as part of my contest to win a free e-copy of The M...

I can hardly believe release day is almost here! This is the last excerpt I'll be posting from The Model Man. Tomorrow I'll draw a ...

How many sound familiar to you? 10 Victorian Easter traditions: Decorate Easter eggs – not from a kit, more’s the pity, but by using cranbe...

I just got my hair cut. Ok, not just , 2 weeks ago, but am still getting used to it. I donated 13 inches of hair to Locks of Love , and regr...

Built in 1859 Pearson’s Soda Works was used as a brewery, soda works, and ice cream parlor in the Gold Rush days. More often than not, ice...

In one of my manuscripts, my hero is haunted by a past in which he seems to be constantly surrounded by disaster (in truth, he subconsciousl...

I’d like to wish everyone a very happy St. Patrick’s Day. And since this is the Scandalous Victorians blog, I’d like to tell you a little bi...

Come celebrate with me! To celebrate my first full length contemporary release, anyone who leaves a comment on our blog site betwe...

Although no respectable woman of the 1860s would be seen wearing "face paints", they did use some form of cosmetics. Creams and lo...

I’m on vacation in Puerto Rico this week, a working vacation – seriously! I am writing! 20 poages so far! Still, I thought I’d share a short...

Why do you write historicals? I love history. I think it would be great to go back in time and experience it first-hand. There’s a story in...