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 […]
Let’s face it, we are a society that totes things. To attend the Baltimore Book Festival dressed like a Victorian lady, and still have all my ‘necessities,’ I needed a reticule. In other words, an era-appropriate purse. My research led me to a timeline of purses titled Please Don’t Ridicule my Reticule! by Joan Kiplinger […]
Now we arrive at the minor accessories for trying to present a historical look. Isn’t it the details that make an image? I feel one of the most noticeable details some of us need to grapple with is eye wear. Unfortunately, it’s also an expensive one. I cannot see without glasses, and my current ones […]
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 […]
It’s a mere eleven days until the Baltimore Book Festival–September 25-27th–where my writing chapter the Maryland Romance Writers is hosting three days of speakers on our own stage at the Inner Harbor. Two of my fellow authors are featuring a number of those authors on their blog in the coming days. Hop on over to […]
If Images are worth a thousand words, hers sing a thousand Eternal songs. The blood of a Guardian, the heart of an artist, no one can hide the truth from Amanda Hayworth. Focusing her visions through her camera lens, she reveals secrets no one plans to expose, even her own. To protect herself, Mandy hides […]
Not the baseball kind, though it is the season. For romance writers, it’s manuscript pitching season, too. The Romance Writers of America National Conference begins this Wednesday in Atlanta, meaning hundreds of aspiring romance authors are gearing up to present their manuscript, either formally at an appointment, or casually somewhere–anywhere–an agent or editor might be […]
Congratulations to Eliza Knight Romance Writers of America’s 2013 PRO Mentor of the Year! Fabulous writer Eliza Knight is a sister chapter member of mine at Maryland Romance Writers. She regularly offers online workshops with us, and through her website, and in-person workshops at local and national conferences, which garnered her this national award for […]
Congratulations to the finalists in the Maryland Romance Writers’ Reveal Your Inner Vixen contest! Single Title The Soldier by Anna Richland Silver Platter by Babbette Jongh Not Quite Legal by Christina Elle Series Contemporary Dating Ms. Wright by Maggie Kelley Dating Dr. By-the-Book by Barbara Lohr One More Night by Samantha Evans Historical Heart’s Conviction […]