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Robin Delany: WIP Wednesday - 18th Century Servant's Clothing

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Wednesday, April 4, 2012. WIP Wednesday - 18th Century Servant's Clothing. Today I thought I would talk about servant's clothing. The Chocolate Girl -. This image is a bit before the time I usually. Focus on here, but I thought it was a great example of the way servants were expected to dress. Her simple. Caraco and skirt are covered by an apron. Her hair is covered with a bonnet (mob. Cap) which is her only decoration, and. She's wearing a serviceable fichu. Nothing in her appearance is particularly.

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Robin Delany: Weekly Quote Wednesday Alexandre Dumas and Mary Balogh

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Wednesday, August 28, 2013. Weekly Quote Wednesday Alexandre Dumas and Mary Balogh. 8220;I have always had more dread of a pen, a bottle of ink, and a sheet of paper than of a sword or pistol.”. 8213; Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo. 8220;If there were no illusions, there would bo no disillusionment. But then one would have no fond memories either, with which fortify oneself against the pain of the reality.”. 8213; Mary Balogh, No Man's Mistress. Ella Quinn - Romance Novelist. Weekly Quote Wed...

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Robin Delany: May 2013

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Wednesday, May 29, 2013. Weekly Quote Wednesday Thomas Jefferson and Samantha Grace. 8220;The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.”. 8213; Thomas Jefferson. 8220;He had become the proper gentleman she’d sought all along, except, drat it, she liked the scoundrel he had been and mistrusted his newly acquired manners.”. 8213;Samantha Grace, Miss Hillary Schools a Scoundrel. Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Weekly Quote Wednesday Julia Quinn and Erin Knightley. 8220;I write...

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Robin Delany: WIP Wednesday - Ear Trumpets The hearing aid of the 18th century

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Wednesday, November 9, 2011. WIP Wednesday - Ear Trumpets The hearing aid of the 18th century. As a writer, we can often find ourselves looking up the most infinitesimal detail at length because we want to include one word in one sentence. That was me today. My heroine's sister, Rinny, wanted to recall her grandfather's hearing device, so I found myself researching ear trumpets. I thought I would share a bit of what I found here with you. Work in Progress Wednesday. March 29, 2013 at 8:46 AM. WIP Wednesd...

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Robin Delany: June 2013

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Saturday, June 29, 2013. Weekend Quotes Natalie Goldberg and William Goldman. 8220;Write what disturbs you, what you fear, what you have not been willing to speak about. Be willing to be split open.”. 8213; Natalie Goldberg, Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within. Historical romance (sort of) quote. 8220;Love is many things none of them logical.”. 8213; William Goldman, The Princess Bride. Friday, June 28, 2013. First Page Friday - Twice Tempted By A Rogue - Tessa Dare. Wednesday, June 26, 2013.

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Robin Delany: Heart of a Duke released - And a contest.

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Friday, February 14, 2014. Heart of a Duke released - And a contest. Anyhow, whoever is waiting to hear the story about how I got Deidre Knight as my agent, I'll be posting it soon. For now, I want to officially announce the release of The Heart of a Duke,. The 5 part collaborative novel I just released alongside Samantha Grace, Christi Caldwell, Olivia Kelly, and Aileen Fish. Excerpt - from Alison - the science minded heroine. Increase of the blood’s flow. Newton’s apple! House She tried hard not to not...

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Robin Delany: July 2013

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Wednesday, July 31, 2013. Weekly Quote Wednesday Ann Patchett and Meredith Duran. 8220;Writing is a job, a talent, but it's also the place to go in your head. It is the imaginary friend you drink your tea with in the afternoon.”. 8213; Ann Patchett, Truth and Beauty. 8220;Manners come down to a single principle, talk of nothing that might actually prove interesting.”. 8213; Meredith Duran, A Lady's Lesson in Scandal. Saturday, July 27, 2013. Weekend Quotes - Abigail Adams and Stephanie Laurens. Don't let...

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Robin Delany: Night of the Hunter - how to create mood

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Saturday, March 23, 2013. Night of the Hunter - how to create mood. I thought it might be fun to study a few movies, starring with one of my all time favorites, Night of the Hunter. (One of the greatest movies where Robert Mitchum is a bad guy, and what a bad guy he is.). I'm going to try not to give too much away, in case you want to view the movie, but I'll give you the IMDB description:. Most writers know an important element to conveying emotion is:. Instead of the old stand by of a clock or calendar...

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Robin Delany: April 2013

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Wednesday, April 24, 2013. Weekly Quote Wednesday F. Scott Fitzgerald and Julie Anne Long. Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke.”. 8213; F. Scott Fitzgerald. Mmm Use more words like that, please. Schoolmistress words. Long, impressive ones." He'd made the last three words sound like an innuendo. 8213; Julie Anne Long, How the Marquess Was Won. Wednesday, April 17, 2013. Weekly Quote Wednesday Jack London and Karen Hawkins. 8213; Jack London. 8213; S...