I am so looking forward to the new season, and a bit in mourning for this series ending. Tonight, I’m attending a season premier party. We’re encouraged to dress in British garb and bring an English dish to share. Of course I have my Victorian/ steampunk outfit I put together this autumn. Not at all […]
Back on September 4, I shared photos of the beginning stages of constructing a gypsy wagon or tiny house. As a next stage in the planning and design, our master craftsman put together mock ends to help the owner determine the window sizes and locations. The feel of being inside them was very real. Because […]
Ta-da! I think my outfit came together pretty well. The most fun I had was watching my fellow writers do double-takes upon realizing who I was. Replacing my regular glasses, with their square purple frames, sure made a difference, not to mention just dressing up for a change. I could not keep my short hair […]
Dressing properly isn’t just the clothes; the accessories must be right to make a correct historical presence. I have a few more things to prepare for my Victorian costume to be ready for the Baltimore Book Festival. Anyone and everyone going out of the house in Victorian times wore a hat. During the time The […]
When I first decided to attend the Baltimore Book Festival, I also decided to dress Victorian, the era my series The Luminated Threads is set. I already knew it’d be fun because I put together a steampunk costume for a RWA conference a few years ago. But that was fantasy and easy–I could collect up […]
I wanted to share a few photos of my adventure with helping on the construction of a gypsy trailer…or tiny house, as they are being called. But the week has flown by with the pics off the camera at least, but not into the world. I have however, gotten through my copy edits on Volume […]
In the last few days I have read two articles advising authors to write more blog posts about what they do IRL—when not writing. True, life cannot be all fantasy and romance! So…I take photographs. My 20 year-old can’t figure out why, and I can’t explain it. It’s either something people do or they don’t. […]