Nerdy writer details: fun with words and n-grams
Ever wonder how I decide if a word or phrase is appropriate for 1812? Watch the video to see one of the ways I check. P.S. There's a...
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Heather Moll's Blog
- Jul 24
Book Review: A Dress of Violet Taffeta
In 1893, this story jumps into Lucy Wallace’s dire situation: abandoned by her alcoholic husband, out of money, down to one mediocre...
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- Jul 17
Regency Income: 500 versus 10,000 per year
Jane Austen always informs us about the financial status of her characters. It wasn't a taboo topic like it often is today. James Morland...
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- Jul 10
His Choice of a Wife Book Birthday Interview
Happy book birthday to His Choice of a Wife! This is the first novel I ever wrote and it turns three-years old this month! His Choice of...
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- Jul 3
Book Review: A Matter of Temptation
A Matter of Temptation by Stacy Reid June 28, 2022 Six years ago, Mina Crawford made one mistake and is ruined in the eyes of society....
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- Jun 26
Someone call an apothecary
When you read a regency and someone falls ill and calls for an apothecary, do you wonder, “Why don’t they call a real doctor?” We modern...
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- Jun 19
Book Review: A Duke for Diana
DESCRIPTION: A successful debut requires a smashing social event, and in this dazzling new series from New York Times bestselling author...
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- Jun 12
Mourning Jewelry: creepy or cool?
I feature a piece of jewelry in every full-length Regency novel I write. Usually, jewelry is associated with glamor and wealth, or is a...
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- Jun 5
Book Review: The Key to Deceit
I enjoyed Ashley Weaver’s Amory Ames series so I was eager to read this new series about a reformed safecracker set in London in 1940....
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- May 29
Book Review: A Lady for a Duke
A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall available May 24, 2022 DESCRIPTION Lady Viola has returned home, presumed dead on the battlefield, under...
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- May 22
Single women in Georgian England
Elizabeth Elliot from Persuasion “had the consciousness of being nine-and-twenty to give her some regrets and some apprehensions: she was...
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- May 15
Carriage and Horse Accidents in An Affectionate Heart
As delightful as it might sound to us to ride in an open carriage, driving and riding in Georgian England wasn’t as carefree as you might...
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- May 8
Book Review: The Mad Girls of New York
I’m a fan of reporter Nellie Bly and have read a few biographies and nonfiction books about her trip 72 day trip around the world against...
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- May 1
Book Review: Fierce Poison
DESCRIPTION London, 1893, there is poisoner loose in the city, with deaths piling up, and private enquiry agents Cyrus Barker and Thomas...
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- Apr 24
What's a turnpike road?
In An Affectionate Heart, Elizabeth speaks to Darcy for the first time at the pedestrian path next to a tollgate, and later in the book a...
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- Apr 17
Book Review: Three Debts Paid
DESCRIPTION A serial killer is on the loose, targeting victims with a mysterious connection that young barrister Daniel Pitt must deduce...
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- Apr 11
An Affectionate Heart giveaway winner
Thank you so much to everyone who entered the An Affectionate Heart swag giveaway! The lucky winner is Vicki Lynn Hale! Email me at...
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- Apr 10
Book Review: Business Not As Usual
DESCRIPTION: A woman learns the hard way about mixing business with pleasure in this hilarious new romantic comedy by USA Today...
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- Apr 1
An Affectionate Heart blog tour and giveaway!
The An Affectionate Heart blog tour is underway! Be sure to visit your favorite historical romance and Austenesque blogs to read...
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- Mar 27
Georgian Chocolate Tart
If you've ever looked at Georgian-era cookbooks, there aren't a ton of chocolate desserts. Lots of things with fruits, almonds, honey,...
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