Alternate History: A Portrait of a Regency Lady?

Friday, if all goes well, I should be on a panel on ���Just the Facts, Monster:�� How to Dig Deeper than the Internet for Accurate Storytelling,��� about which I recall reading long, long ago, in an article by the producers of some TV miniseries or other, that it is the little details that matter.�� That���s where you���re in danger of getting ���caught��� because, in the world of readers or viewers, there���ll always be someone who knows more than you.�� But if you get them right, you���ll earn the trust of not only experts but regular readers as well, which allows you to push through the Big Lie that is your actual story — we are, after all, still writing fiction — with even the most jaded of them scarcely noticing.

Because, in context, it���s the small details that become big, like women���s fashions.�� Or how to hold a fan.�� So along these lines, herewith a piece by Kathleen Baldwin I thought illuminating, brought to us courtesy of TOR.COM, ���A Young Lady���s Time Travel Guide to Regency England��� for which (even if you���re not writing a story about Regency England) press here.