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Category Archives: Folly Friday
Hi everybody! I want to take this Folly Friday to express my gratitude to my agent, John M. Cusick, my editor, Leila Sales, and all the people at Viking who took a chance on my little historical. And to Janet … Continue reading
A Mad Wicked Folly, Folly Friday
a mad wicked folly, book launch, giveaway, John M. Cusick, Katharine McEwan, Leila Sales, Viking Comments Off on A FOLLY FRIDAY Filled with Gratitude
a mad wicked folly, book launch, giveaway, John M. Cusick, Katharine McEwan, Leila Sales, Viking Comments Off on A FOLLY FRIDAY Filled with Gratitude
I knew I would eventually hear comments about Vicky posing nude and whether an Edwardian girl would ever think about doing such a scandalous thing. My editor questioned Vicky’s actions when we first embarked on our editorial journey together, so … Continue reading
A Mad Wicked Folly, Folly Friday
Alice Keppel, art institute of Chicago, code name verity, daily life in the victorian era, Edwardian era, Elizabeth Wein, life drawing, Mary Stormont, Modeling Life, nude modeling, Rye Art Gallery, Sally Mitchell, Victoria Darling, Violet Trefusis, Vita Sackville West 2 Comments
Alice Keppel, art institute of Chicago, code name verity, daily life in the victorian era, Edwardian era, Elizabeth Wein, life drawing, Mary Stormont, Modeling Life, nude modeling, Rye Art Gallery, Sally Mitchell, Victoria Darling, Violet Trefusis, Vita Sackville West 2 Comments
Dancing was an important feature of Edwardian society and so it was imperative for a well-bred young lady to know the latest dances as well as the more traditional ones. I really loved researching this part of Vicky’s story (although … Continue reading
A Mad Wicked Folly, Folly Friday
cake walk, Library of Congress dance, mazurka, quadrille, turkey trot Comments Off on Folly Friday: Edwardian Dance Dance Revolution!
cake walk, Library of Congress dance, mazurka, quadrille, turkey trot Comments Off on Folly Friday: Edwardian Dance Dance Revolution!
William Fletcher, Vicky’s muse, hails from the medieval village of Rye in East Sussex, which is located on the south coast of England, about an hour or so from where I lived in Kent. It’s a little hilltop village and very … Continue reading
A Mad Wicked Folly, Folly Friday
East Sussex, Mermaid Inn, Most Haunted, Rye Comments Off on Folly Friday: A Pictorial Tour of Will’s Rye
East Sussex, Mermaid Inn, Most Haunted, Rye Comments Off on Folly Friday: A Pictorial Tour of Will’s Rye
One of the best things about setting historical stories in England is that the places, for the most part, still exist. I was recently comparing a London street map from 1908 to a modern map and not a lot has … Continue reading
There are several works of art woven into the storyline in A MAD, WICKED FOLLY. I love to think about the meaning behind art, and so I chose works that helped me deepen the story’s themes or emphasized what Vicky … Continue reading
Folly Friday
A Mad, A Mermaid, Absinthe drinkers, Art, arthur's tomb, David, formidable, gruau, hunt, luncheon of the boating party, Michelangelo, millais, mucha, ophelia, renoir, rossetti, scapegoat, waterhouse, waverley cycles, Wicked Folly Comments Off on FOLLY FRIDAY: The Art of A MAD, WICKED FOLLY
A Mad, A Mermaid, Absinthe drinkers, Art, arthur's tomb, David, formidable, gruau, hunt, luncheon of the boating party, Michelangelo, millais, mucha, ophelia, renoir, rossetti, scapegoat, waterhouse, waverley cycles, Wicked Folly Comments Off on FOLLY FRIDAY: The Art of A MAD, WICKED FOLLY
This Folly Friday we are going to the movies (or as Vicky would say, to the bioscope)! When I was researching A MAD, WICKED FOLLY, I wanted to immerse myself in the Edwardian period as much as I possibly could. … Continue reading
A Mad Wicked Folly, Folly Friday
a mad wicked folly, E.M. Forster, Forsyte Saga, Golden Bowl, Henry James, John Galsworthy, Room with a View, Rye, Wings of the Dove Comments Off on Folly Friday: Movie Edition—Edwardian Snobs and Rebels
a mad wicked folly, E.M. Forster, Forsyte Saga, Golden Bowl, Henry James, John Galsworthy, Room with a View, Rye, Wings of the Dove Comments Off on Folly Friday: Movie Edition—Edwardian Snobs and Rebels
