Irene Davis's Blog, page 3
March 11, 2019
Victorian Language of Flowers List
In addition to my reading within the romance genre, I spend a lot of time looking through primary sources from the nineteenth century for details to use in my own …
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February 25, 2019
Martial Arts Romance
A little over a week ago, I turned in my book manuscript (with a huge sigh of relief) to my copy editor and left town the next day for a …
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February 11, 2019
Snow Day and Schedule Changes
Snow Snow Snow We’ve had several days of snow here in Seattle, and several more to come. In many places this would not be cause for comment, but in a …
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February 4, 2019
Sexual Tricksters in Erotic Folklore
Writing sexy books set in the late Victorian era makes me curious about what sexy books were available at the time. In a previous post I reviewed a disturbing piece …
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January 28, 2019
Georgette Heyer and Author Finances
In addition to reading writing by Georgette Heyer, I’ve also been reading writing about Heyer, specifically Jennifer Kloester’s 2011 biography of the iconic author. There’s a lot to glean from …
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January 21, 2019
Georgette Heyer’s The Corinthian
After reading The Grand Sophy, I decided I needed a second Heyer to more adequately think about such a prolific and long-writing author. It was hard enough to choose among …
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January 14, 2019
Georgette Heyer’s The Grand Sophy
With over thirty romance novels published between 1921 an 1974, Georgette Heyer is to Regency romance as Agatha Christie is to detective novels. I had a lot of trouble choosing …
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January 7, 2019
Reading Round-up: 2018
Here we are at the end of the year. Between drafting and re-writing on two different romance novels, I’ve written over 100K words — plus all the words that have …
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December 31, 2018
Top Posts of 2018
It’s the time of summing up, so let’s take a look at the top posts from the Romance MFA in 2018. By page views, here they are. 10. Romance Tropes in …
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December 10, 2018
Romance Writer Problems: Family and Friends
It’s winter holiday time, and I’m taking a little break from the MFA-ing. But I don’t want to leave you hanging, so here’s a curated collection of #romancewriterproblems I’ve seen …
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