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• Historical Fiction with Romantic Elements - Do We Care?

  

  Romance Writer's of America gives guidelines as to what constitutes the genre of "Romance" and the many sub-genres that go along with it. Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Dashwood Sisters - The Women of Jane Austen - Part I

  

  The Dashwood Sisters. Could there be anything more entertaining than these two women? They are as different as night and day and both on a pursuit for... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Heiress of Winterwood by Sarah E. Ladd

  

  There's nothing like starting a book off quickly and to the point. Sarah Ladd does just that in this Regency tale of one woman's intent on marriage. Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Speak to Me of Love

  

  I'm happy to report that we are registered with six book tour sites. It is disappointing to see the lack of historical romances being promoted. :wipes away tear... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Jane Austen's Leading Men - Part I - Fitzwilliam Darcy

  

  Fitzwilliam Darcy. When he was conceived by Jane Austen and read by women everywhere before movies came along, I wonder how he was pictured in the minds of... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Bookings Are Coming In

  

  I've been accepted as a tour host for four blogs, but only one historical romance book has come through for promo. I'm waiting to hear back on that scheduled... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Romancing the Hat

  

  Fashion in France 1908I'm in love with outrageously large hats from long ago. I've been watching Mr. Selfridge on Masterpiece Theater recently. Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• And They Lived Happily Ever After

  

  I, take thee, to be my lawful wedded wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health,... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Knights in Shining Armor

  

  As readers of historical romance, we probably all have our favorite eras that we love to read about. For me, it is the late Victorian era up through the... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Is the Historical Romance Genre Dying?

  

  What a loaded question that happened to be on the Internet today. A blog post was contributed by Jane Litte, the founder of Dear Author entitled, "We Should... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Victoria & Albert Museum in London - A Place of Inspiration

  One of my goals of this blog is not only to showcase books to readers, but to make an interactive location for authors and readers to enjoy the past that we... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Author and Reader Fashion Inspiration

  

  One of the challenges of writing historical romance is describing the fashions that our characters wear. I was extremely lucky to come across a blog on Tumblr... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Historical Tidbit on Parisian Morality

  

  The first in our series on historical facts is up now on our Historical Tidbit page regarding 19th Century Parisian morality written by yours truly. My... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Historical Tidbit Guest Blog Post

  

  Lorraine Hunt Lynn, the author of The Bartlemas Anthology, has graciously offered one of her informative posts from her own blog to share with our readers. Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Welcome

  

  As a writer of historical fiction and romance, I've noticed since my last blog tour that many book promo sites do not focus on historical romance alone. Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Online Promo Reservations

  

  After days of surfing the Internet, I finally found a free on-line reservation software service. You'll find it under the BOOK PROMO tab. Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Building a Blog Platform for Historical Romance

  

  Building a blog is time consuming work! We've opened a Twitter account @LongAgoLove and Facebook page for Historical Romance Books. and are slowly attracting... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE