Mudlarks still exist in present-day London
On the heels of my previous post about dirty jobs, I found another article in the current issue of Smithsonian Magazine (Let …
What I’m reading: Mercy’s Embrace by Laura Hile
Following on Karen Aminadra’s Charlotte Collins, where she rehabilitates one of the less appealing Jane Austen characters, I have found Laura Hile’s …
The Speckled Band
The Speckled Band is one of those Sherlock Holmes stories that’s almost as famous for its bizarre errors as it is for …
Reviews and giveaways
I have such an embarrassment of riches: a five-star review of My Particular Friend at Jane Green Smith’s blog Reading, Writing, Working, …
Worst … job … ever!
Smithsonian Magazine has an article on that ever popular genre, the disgusting, dirty job. Mike Rowe of Dirty Jobs and Tony Robinson …
An excerpt from Jane Austen’s completed Sanditon
It is with much trepidation that I offer you an except from Jane Austen’s completed Sanditon. It is the conceit of my …
What the heck is a chamber-horse?
I found myself re-reading the small scrap of Sanditon for the umpteenth time because I am again tackling the job of writing …