Reticence may have Percy on the cover but it opens with a fabulous new character, Arsenic! This is a teaser post and shouldn’t contain any spoilers so… read on! The opening scene… WANTED: Airship Doctor Physician welcome, surgeon preferred. Remuneration according to experience level. Education open to negotiation. Progressive philosophy and equable temperament preferred. Must […]
Jul292019
Introducing A New Character, Arsenic! Researching Lady Doctors in the Victorian Era for Reticence (Special Extras)
Jul222019
Why Dress Characters in Victorian Sportswear? (Claw & Courtship Custard Protocol Special Extra)
I love me some Victorian sportswear, Gentle Reader. In How To Marry A Werewolf, Faith the main character (an upstart American girl) is a proponent of the great freedom and joy in the bicycle suit. In Reticence, new character Arsenic wears all manner of sportswear from a golfing costume to a bicycling suit as well. […]
Jul192019
Spot the Outfit in the Book? Clothing Featured in How to Marry a Werewolf: 1890s Hats, Dresses, and Men in Uniform (Claw & Courtship Special Extras)
Want to play a rousing game of spot that outfit in How to Marry a Werewolf, Fashionable Reader? I feature a number of fashionable items from the historical record in this one. It was fun for me to research and to write. On Faith… Walking suit, American, circa 1890-95. Wool, silk taffeta. Mint Museum 1890 […]
Jul172019
Boater Hats of the 1890s – Fashionable Research Behind How to Marry a Werewolf (Claw & Courtship Special Extra)
I love a boater hat (also called spinners), Fashionable Reader. One of the joys of writing in the 1890s (my Custard Protocol and Claw & Courtship series) is the fact that I can finally start to include this fashion item! Obviously this started as a gentleman’s hat. Source With the advent of women on bicycles, […]
Jul152019
How to Marry a Werewolf Special Extras (Claw & Courtship)
How to Marry a Werewolf (In 10 Easy Steps) is the first book in my Claw & Courtship line. This story returns me to my Soulless roots, with a heterosexual couple one of whom is a werewolf. It features, however, my first American female main character. (GASP!) This is also, currently my only book available […]
Jul122019
Dressing Percy & Quesnel for the Custard Protocol Books ~ Victorian Fashion for Men 1890s (Special Extra)
With Reticence coming out soon, and it being Percy’s book, I thought I might do a bit on men’s fashion for a change, Fashionable Reader. Here’s a quote from Reticence on the subject of Percy’s appearance… “The others looked interested, surprised, and resigned according to their natures. Except Percy, who looked like none of those […]
Jul82019
Dressing Primrose From the Corset Up: For Balls, Sports, and the Bedroom by Gail Carriger (Custard Protocol Special Extras)
So, Fashionable Reader, I have concocted a pictorial guide to possible outfits that a young lady of Prim’s rank might wear during this time period. The images run with what she would need to put on, in order. Ready? Here we go… On the bottom half: 1. 1890 The Metropolitan Museum of Art 2. 1890s Stockings […]
Jul12019
Competence Special Extras (Custard Protocol)
The Great Parasolverse read along continues with Competence, the third book in my Parasol Protectorate spin off Custard Protocol series. This is the first time I switch main characters mid series, and the first time I wrote a queer central love story for a major NY publisher. This was also my first truly hybrid book, […]
Jun242019
Romancing the Werewolf Special Extras (Supernatural Society)
Romancing the Werewolf is the third novella I wrote and my first gay romance. Romancing the Werewolf released in November of 2017 Here are some fun blog posts and resources that tie to Biffy & Lyall, reunion romances, not to mention writing the most requested story for the most popular side couple. Biffy, newly minted Alpha of […]
Jun172019
Beautiful Dresses for Rue & Prim in the Custard Protocol Books, from Harper’s Bazaar 1891 (Special Extras)
I have this lovely Harper’s Bazaar from 1891, Fashionable Reader, given to me by a lovely fan. I finally got around to scanning some of the images. Here are a few for you, the kind of things Rue & Prim might wear in the Custard Protocol series. “We are told that several ladies have actually […]
Jun142019
The REAL Reason the Custard Protocol is Set in the 1890s (Special Extras)
The sleeves, Fashionable Reader. So ridiculous, how could I resist? via Robbie Rozelle @divarobbie We are at puffed sleeves! #AnneofGreenGables “Tomorrow is always fresh, with no mistakes in it yet.” ~ L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables edwardian-time-machine tumblr sleeve supports fripperiesandfobs-tumblr Jacket ca. 1894 From Thierry de Maigret andwomenworebloomers tumblr And the steampunk elements […]
Jun102019
Imprudence Special Extras (Custard Protocol)
Imprudence is the second book in my Parasol Protectorate spin off series, this time going on a journey up the Nile through Egypt and Africa (which I very MUCH want to take myself). Imprudence released in July of 2016 Here are some fun blog posts and resources that tie to this book, researching Egypt & Africa […]