Vanessa Riley’s Regency Reflections

Looks What’s Brewing in the Regency

• Research as Routine
  I  say all the time that I’m a pantser, not a plotter, but I’ve come to realize that’s only partially true. I do plot, or at least I research towards plot. When I’m in the “thinking” phase of starting a … Continue reading →
• Read-A-Romance-Month
  Did you know that August is Read A Romance month? it’s a growing movement started by romance advocate Bobbi Dumas who reviews for NPR, the New York Times and Kirkus.  Click on this link for details on RARM:  http://www.readaromancemonth.com/about-read-a-romance-month-2/ This year I … Continue reading →

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Originally posted 2016-08-25 06:23:13.

Looks What’s Brewing in the Regency

• Poll! What kind of Regency Heroine / Hero Would you Be?
  There are two polls. Feel free to answer one or both or write your own in the comments. For either poll, please imagine the love interest of your choice. Heroine   Hero  

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Originally posted 2016-08-18 06:20:27.

Looks What’s Brewing in the Regency

• Dining Out in the Regency
  Have you been out to dinner at a nice restaurant lately? When you told your friends, did they look at you with pity and then gossip about you behind your back? Is your reputation ruined? How times change, LOL! The … Continue reading →
• Fairy Tales, More Fairy Tales, a Mouse Skeleton, & Tomcat Murr: Castle of the Wolf
  Last month I re-released Castle of the Wolf, a novel that was originally published back in 2007. It is a gothic romance — well, at least, it was planned as one, only then the lady with the sturdy boots turned … Continue reading →

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Originally posted 2016-08-11 06:21:59.

Looks What’s Brewing in the Regency

• Student Essay Contest Winners Announced
  Winners of the 2016 JASNA Essay Contest are announced. The winning essays in all categories are posted.
• 100 of your closest friends
  A retreat. Sylvan peace and lots of writing. Sort of. That’s what I was doing last week, at a writers’ retreat in NC (and I have to say it, but the south is weird. Just weird. Sorry, y’all. But that’s … Continue reading →

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Originally posted 2016-08-04 06:20:20.

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• Regency Riding Habits
  In my last post I talked about the difference between morning gowns and walking costumes and other “informal” types of dress. Today we’re going to take a peek at riding habits. Habits are something you’re probably all familiar with, at … Continue reading →

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Originally posted 2016-07-28 06:20:12.

Looks What’s Brewing in the Regency

• A Story in Pictures
  THIS coat. He was out walking. That’s all. A little moody and sad because his favorite uncle died about a year ago and left him dukedom and loads of money. But never mind that. It’s cold and he’s out walking. … Continue reading →
• Audley End – From Jacobean Splendor to Taxidermied Birds
  “The rooms are high and hung with beautiful tapestries […] [and] the staircases are built with peculiar comfort: after every five steps there is a landing so that one can rest and does not get out of breath.” Johann Ernst … Continue reading →

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Originally posted 2016-07-21 06:21:38.

Looks What’s Brewing in the Regency

• Regency shop windows
  The above caricature shows a printseller/publisher’s shop window with what mostly appears to be books on display. Windows with lots of small panes were popular in Regency storefronts for at least two reasons (maybe more—I’m not sure how good the … Continue reading →
• Visiting Sotterley Plantation, MD
  I went on a field trip yesterday with a bunch of museum/history geeks to Sotterley Plantation, in Hollywood. (No, not that Hollywood. The one in Maryland.) It’s on the Patuxent River and is the only tidewater plantation open to the … Continue reading →

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Originally posted 2016-07-07 06:23:00.

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• Morning Gowns and Walking Costumes
  One of the topics under recent discussion was all the different types of gowns a Regency lady would have worn and how people could possibly have told the difference. Morning Gown, Domestic Costume, Walking Dress, Promenade Costume, Carriage Dress, all … Continue reading →

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Originally posted 2016-06-23 06:20:10.

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• Head Down Revising and Something Odd About Names
  I’ve been busy on the last revisions of Surrender to Ruin before I send it to a trusted reader. The hero of this book owns a gaming hell and some brothels which he continues to operate despite having inherited a … Continue reading →
• Registration Is Open for 2016 Annual General Meeting
  JASNA is now accepting registrations for its 2016 Annual General Meeting in Washington DC.
  The conference theme is “Emma at 200: ‘No One But Herself.'”

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Originally posted 2016-06-16 06:21:26.

Looks What’s Brewing in the Regency

• So you want to review books? (The 1816 edition)
  Are you a reader with a most impressive number of reviews on Goodreads? Do you run a book blog or write for a review site? Do you LOVE talking about books? But do you worry what would happen if you … Continue reading →
• On My Bookshelf: My first Jane Austen novels
  A local historical society will be hosting a book sale this weekend to raise funds. I am finally ready to part with a substantial number of some of my most beloved books (art, art history, English literature, nature books, etc). The first three Jane Austen novels I purchased sat forgotten on the top shelf – […]

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Originally posted 2016-06-09 06:20:10.