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Nerdy writer details: fun with words and n-grams

  • Writer: Heather Moll
    Heather Moll
  • Jul 31, 2022
  • 1 min read

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 sneak peak at my WIP 👀

What do you think about this peek behind the curtain? Is there anything about the writing and research process that you'd like to know more about? Tell me in the comments below!

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hmcid
2024年3月01日

Thank you for sharing this tool...quite fascinating! It must take some discipline not to go down rabbit trails while you are researching. I appreciate the time and effort you give to researching the Regency period. There are few things more annoying than reading Regency novels with anachronisms...dialogue especially!

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Heather Moll
Heather Moll
2024年3月01日
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I do tumble down a few rabbit holes! But then I find fascinating things to add to future books. I agree it can really take you out of the story when the details are glaringly wrong.

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Ann Crowley
Ann Crowley
2023年7月30日

Love the Ngram. It is amazing to see what comes naturally to us is very modern and not right for 1812. I appreciate your careful research which avoids asynchronous references. It is jarring in an otherwise decent period book when someone "puts his feet up on the coffee table." That sent me down a rabbit hole. In Europe, the first tables specifically designed as and called coffee tables, appear to have been made in Britain during the late Victorian era. Early coffee tables made for the coffeehouses did not resemble the coffee tables we know and recognize today. They were tall, often reaching upwards of 27 inches high. It is a natural thought for an author that a piece…

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Heather Moll
Heather Moll
2023年7月30日
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Isn’t n-gram a great tool? So helpful. And I didn’t know when coffee tables as we use them now came into being. Regency folk weren’t lounging with their coffee at home in quite the same way we do!

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jengooch
2023年2月21日

I didn’t know this tool existed. Thank you for taking us through your process.

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Heather Moll
Heather Moll
2023年2月21日
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Thanks for watching through my nerdy attempts at authenticity and accuracy.

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mrsmarway
2022年8月15日

Great tool. Thanks for the inside look. I really enjoyed this.

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Heather Moll
Heather Moll
2022年8月15日
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Thank you for watching it 😊

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wendym215
wendym215
2022年8月11日

Awsome love this

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Heather Moll
Heather Moll
2022年8月11日
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I’m glad you liked my nerdiness!

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