Looks What’s Brewing in the Regency

• The Argyll Rooms
  When I was writing Bound By Their Secret Passion, the final book in the Scandalous Summerfields series, I needed to invent a masquerade that would attract the most scandalous of London’s aristocracy and the Cyprian world. I decided to place … Continue reading →
• Spring Thinking: Looking Forward, into the Past
  As I pondered a topic for this month, a friend suggested “spring fashions” and here’s what happened: 1) I decided fellow Risky Isobel’s expertise on Regency fashions so far exceeds my own, I should leave that topic to her, and … Continue reading →

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Originally posted 2017-03-09 06:20:04.

Looks What’s Brewing in the Regency

• The Life and Opinons of Ignatius Sancho
  One of my favorite Georgian novels is The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (and not just because I also adore the movie with Albert Finney!). I own a Victorian copy in two volumes that I found at a … Continue reading →

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Originally posted 2017-02-23 06:21:41.

Looks What’s Brewing in the Regency

• Imaginary trips
  I know there are reasons why college financial aid paperwork and income tax paperwork have to done at the same time, but I don’t have to like it! When I am up to my eyeballs in Things I Don’t Enjoy, … Continue reading →
• Ahem. Yes. Hello
  Boy, it’s been a tough several months for me, in case anyone was wondering. In fact, I’ve essentially missed making this post, too, because I thought I was supposed to post the 10th. Hopefully things right-size in a bit. I’ve … Continue reading →

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Originally posted 2017-02-16 06:20:41.

Looks What’s Brewing in the Regency

• Registration Is Open for 2017 Tour to England
  JASNA is now accepting registrations for its sponsored Tour of England in July, 2017.
  The 2017 Tour is sure to be popular because the County of Hampshire and Austen sites are making
  special arrangements to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen?s death.
• How Rich was Rich?
  Money is not an acceptable topic of conversation among the gently-bred, so I beg forgiveness for breaking the taboo. We people our books with wealthy, dashing characters who are the equivalents of today’s super rich –dukes and earls instead of … Continue reading →

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Originally posted 2017-02-09 06:20:18.

Looks What’s Brewing in the Regency

• Who needs an excuse for trifle?
  My daughters and I have a tradition of trying new recipes out for New Year’s Eve dinner. This year, I’d planned to try a new macaroni and cheese recipe (with smoked gouda, bacon, and peas) followed by a chocolate brownie … Continue reading →

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Originally posted 2017-01-19 06:20:22.

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• Cover Reveal & an Unusual Topic -Cheetahs!
   Happy 2017! I had hoped to give you a date for the re-release of The Magnificent Marquess, but I am finishing up my revisions and still aiming for the end of this month or early February. I just can’t sit … Continue reading →
• The Return to the Follies, or, Writing Regency Again
  Happy New Year, dear Riskies readers! I’m sorry I’m late with my very first post of the year; I meant to write it on Wednesday evening after walking the doggies. But as I was about to fall asleep after walking … Continue reading →

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Originally posted 2017-01-12 06:21:21.

Looks What’s Brewing in the Regency

• Call for Papers for 2018 Annual General Meeting in Kansas City
  The Steering Committee for the 2018 Annual General Meeting in Kansas City invites proposals for
  breakout sessions related to the conference theme, “Persuasion: 200 Years of Constancy and Hope.”

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Originally posted 2017-01-05 06:20:12.

Looks What’s Brewing in the Regency

• Storing Clothing in the Georgian Era: The Clothes Press
  One of the questions I get a lot when giving clothing workshops is “How did people store their clothes”? The answers are obviously very different across the classes, but in general my audience wants to know about the gentry and … Continue reading →
• Winter 2016 issue of Persuasions On-Line
  A new issue of JASNA’s online Journal is published with selected papers from the Annual General Meeting in Washington DC.

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Originally posted 2016-12-22 06:20:35.

Looks What’s Brewing in the Regency

• Flash Sale for Charity!
  Hello. Last week fellow Risky Gail posted about being busy with church lady activities. I’m in the same situation right now, getting ready for my congregation’s annual Holiday Art and Gift Sale. If I’d had time, I would have looked … Continue reading →

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Originally posted 2016-12-15 06:20:03.

Looks What’s Brewing in the Regency

• All the Bookish News!
  Today I come to you with all kinds of bookish news: I’m currently knee-deep into the production of new print editions of all of my books. (It kind of hit me when I was preparing  Eagle’s Honor: Ravished, which I … Continue reading →
• A Regency Christmas in Bound By A Scandalous Secret
  Bound By A Scandalous Secret, available in paperback and ebook, begins and ends in the Christmas season. I’ve written about Christmas before in A Twelfth Night Tale (my only Christmas novella, still available in the Governess Brides Bundle), but I … Continue reading →

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Originally posted 2016-12-08 06:21:34.