It’s so easy to get from one place to another in this century, isn’t it? We have the motor car to take us almost anywhere by road, we can use trains (if they run on time) to take us to cities not only here in Britain, but over most developed… Read More »Do we really miss the old Victorian days? by Loretta Proctor
What is it that makes a hero a hero? I’d like to think it’s a determination to see one’s way around any given obstacle, even when, or perhaps more so when, that obstacle requires one to change his manner of thinking. For years I felt that Cry of the Peacock… Read More »Mrs. Benz’s Wild Ride by V.R. Christensen
I both love and hate doing research. It’s often tedious, always time consuming. Sometimes I’m looking for a needle in a haystack, (like when, for another book, I needed to find an example of a kiss between bride and groom during a wedding ceremony). Sometimes I’m looking for information, bits… Read More »Research and Setting, by V. R. Christensen
On the cover of my new book The Crimson Bed is a beautiful picture by John William Waterhouse. (1849-1917) He was not a part of the original Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood which had disbanded as a group by the time Waterhouse was a young man. However, like many other artists who came… Read More »Where did the Skull Go? by Loretta Proctor
I think most people who read, and especially those who write literature and Historical Fiction of the Victorian era understand the typical in’s and out’s of courtship propriety. (For a brief discussion on the topic, visit my post, here.) But it’s interesting, if you think about it, how unsettled… Read More »(pr)eHarmony – or Alternative Courtship in the Victorian Era by V. R. Christensen