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Wednesday Regency: Plagiarism

A lot has been on the various blogs I follow about this YA blogger's plagiarism. I have no idea who this blogger is, but it's the fact of the matter. I try my absolute hardest to cite wherever I take a quote, even if it's only a couple words, and even try to cite the links for pictures I search for. I'm not always successful with that but I try.

In the interest of Regency-fying this post, I searched for Regency Plagiarism. Several interesting links popped up, including this one from Regency Er...

Weekly Goals #17

Aycliff's Vow, while not finished, finished, (only the read-thru & edits to do) is so close I can taste it. Or well, maybe not taste, but definitely see the light at the end of the tunnel. And so long as that end is not a train, plane, or UFO, we're all good.

This week I'm going to really focus on my other name, K. Reed and her website for the launch of my semi-mainstream side. I say semi because a dystopian Regency isn't exactly totally mainstream is it?

Friday Recipe:Asparagus-Stuffed Potatoes

It's spring as anyone with allergies can attest. It also means planting your garden, which I intend to do sooner rather than later. The soil is tilled and raked, I'm only waiting for the nights to be a tad warmer than say, frost. I did plant potatoes, but I figure they're pretty hardy; we'll see just how hardy they are when I dig them up in a few weeks.

Today's recipe is a combination healthy and party. No one would ever accuse a stuffed potatoe of being healthy, no matter how much starch you...

Guest: Leah Petersen

Where Does a Sci-Fi Author Go When She Needs to Get Away?

Your hosts here at Wickedly Wanton proposed an interesting topic for a guest post: my favorite hideaway.
Is it just me, or is this more applicable to the sci-fi/fantasy author than most? Where to hideaway?
Well, anywhere! And airfare’s free, baby, because I can just use my imagination.
It’s why I’m a sci-fi author, I think. I’ve done it my whole life. Things not going well in real life? (Or just boring, or I’m 15 and melodramatic)? Just m...

Wednesday Regency: Law

With the soon to be released short story, Aycliff's Vow: A Hellfire Club Erotique, I take a quick peek into the British legal system. So what was it like in Regency England anyway?

Adultery, Buggery, Murder, Stolen purses…all in a day’s work at The Old Bailey Courthouse! The Old Bailey is the common name for London’s central criminal court. The legal system in England was far from simple but it is the forefather of our own American system. In fact, the barrister, William Garrow , was the first...

Excerpt: The Escape: A Hellfire Club Erotique

From Chapter 2:

Gabrielle couldn’t breathe. His voice, oh, God, Eric’s voice washed over her as smooth and persuasive as she remembered. Eyes closed, she struggled to breathe, to compose herself. Annette’s hand tightened on her arm, but Gabrielle ignored it and slowly turned.

Afraid to see him, afraid he wouldn’t be there, she opened her eyes.

Her chest hurt, her heart skipped a beat only to pound harder. Gabrielle licked her lips and met his light blue gaze.

She struggled for breath as the ba...

Weekly Goals #16

Goals are hard. Especially with long lists of them. So in the long and glorious tradition of getting things crossed off, shorter lists are in the cards.



Finish Aycliff's VowThat's my only goal this week. I'm more than half way finished (61% to be specific) and would like to have it done by next week so I can leave it sit before I begin the editing process. I know it needs more sensuality and possibility more darkness, but right now I'd like to finish it before adding those layers. It's a multi...

Friday Recipe: Healthy Chicken

Honey Mustard Grilled Chicken I've made this before, well to be fair, I've marinated the chicken in honey mustard the stir-fried. This adds the element of actual honey, which I'm not really a fan of but it came out really delicious!

Be forewarned--I didn't grill it, it's still too cold for that! But I did bake it.

Prep Time:15 Min
Cook Time:20 Min
Ready In:35 Min (I think mine was closer to 50 minutes, but again, baking vs grilling)

Ingredients
1/3 cup Dijon mustard
1/4 cup honey
2 tablespoons mayonn...

If you're in the UK in 2013...

I've agreed to post this press release for a writer friend. I have no plans to be in the UK in 2013, but if you do, and you like erotica, then you might be interseted in this. If not, feel free to skip over.

Scarborough, UK to Host Saucy Seaside Smut Convention

April 2012, The North, United Kingdom.

Convention for erotica readers and writers to be held in the
seaside town of Scarborough on June 22nd, 2013.

Do you like to be beside the seaside? Or more specifically, do you like to be smutty beside ...

Wednesday Regency

Read an interesting article on what makes something a Regency. For instance, Emma can be Clueless. Regency? As if!

But, if detail is not paid to fashion, manners, and décor, it is not a Regency.


All too true. It's really in the details that make it an historical an historical. It's language, rules, etiquette. Without that crucial difference, you can take a story like Emma and turn it into a movie like Clueless.

I like this whole paragraph, but let's face it, the last sentence says it all and...