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The Scarlet Pimpernel & Inspiration17 comments

Tracy Grant wrote 2 months ago: Last Wednesday, I blogged on History Hoydens about a favorite topic–The Scarlet Pimpernel. In … more →

Tags: Baroness Orczy, History Hoydens, Marguerite St. Just, mary blayney, Mélanie and Charles Fraser, Percy Blakeney, Peter Wimsey, Raoul O'Roarke, Scarlet Pimpernel

Rivals & Brothers7 comments

Tracy Grant wrote 2 months ago: San Francisco Opera’s fall season opened with a fabulous production of Verdi’s Il Trovat … more →

Tags: Beneath a Silent Moon, David Simon, Dorothy Dunnett, Il Trovatore, Mélanie and Charles Fraser, San Franciscio Opera, Secrets of a Lady, Shakespeare, Tracy Grant

Action Scenes14 comments

Tracy Grant wrote 3 months ago: Last week I blogged about writing sex scenes. As I mentioned, I write them much less often and more … more →

Tags: Beneath a Silent Moon, Dorothy Dunnett, Mélanie and Charles Fraser, Raoul O'Roarke, Tracy Grant

"Bad Girl" Heroines, and is Mélanie one?26 comments

Tracy Grant wrote 4 months ago: A late and quick update this week. Yesterday was the Merola Grand Finale, the concert that was the c … more →

Tags: Tracy Grant, Georgette Heyer, Mélanie and Charles Fraser

Damaged Characters12 comments

Tracy Grant wrote 7 months ago: I blogged recently on both Jaunty Quills and History Hoydens about Damaged Characters. By which, as … more →

Tags: Peter Wimsey, Tracy Grant, Dorothy Sayers, Secrets of a Lady, Georgette Heyer, Beneath a Silent Moon, Mélanie and Charles Fraser, Dorothy Dunnett, History Hoydens

Discussing Dunnett7 comments

Tracy Grant wrote 9 months ago: My friend and fellow writer Penny Williamson and I spent a wonderful afternoon today at a party of D … more →

Tags: Tracy Grant, Dorothy Dunnett, House of Niccolò, Sherlock Holmes, Mary Russell, Laurie King, Elizabeth George, The X-Files, Mulder & Scully

Declarations, Resolutions, & Other Heart-Stopping Moments9 comments

Tracy Grant wrote 10 months ago: With Valentine’s Day a week away, I thought I would rework the blog I wrote this week for Hist … more →

Tags: Amanda Elyot, Barbara Hambly, Beneath a Silent Moon, Dorothy Dunnett, Dorothy Sayers, Emma Bull, Georgette Heyer, Harriet Vane, History Hoydens

Real people in fictional stories11 comments

Tracy Grant wrote 1 year ago: There are many different types and degrees of history in historical fiction. There are stories in wh … more →

Tags: Amanda Elyot, Beneath a Silent Moon, Bernard Cornwell, Charles & Mélanie Book #4, Dorothy Dunnett, Georgette Heyer, History Hoydens, Mélanie and Charles Fraser, Secrets of a Lady

A matter of honor16 comments

Tracy Grant wrote 1 year ago: There’s an interesting discussion going on at All About Romance about honor, particularly hono … more →

Tags: Scarlet Pimpernel, Tracy Grant, Secrets of a Lady, Georgette Heyer, Mélanie and Charles Fraser, Dorothy Dunnett, The Mask of Night

The challenge of opening lines21 comments

Tracy Grant wrote 1 year ago: Rifle fire peppered the air. Charles Fraser came awake with a jerk and tightened his grip on his wif … more →

Tags: Peter Wimsey, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Tracy Grant, Harriet Vane, Dorothy Sayers, Georgette Heyer, Mélanie and Charles Fraser, Dorothy Dunnett

Beginning Again

kaet wrote 1 year ago: I’ve just reread the first chapter of Niccolo Rising by Dorothy Dunnett, and since most of my … more →

Tags: Books, Novels, Biographies, Dorothy Dunnett, Lymond, Francis Crawford of Lymond, Lymond Chronicle, autobiography, China

Lassitude, recuperation and scattered Sunday thoughts1 comment

Ned Raggett wrote 1 year ago: Argle bargle. Yesterday’s parties and generally gadding about LA were great but so far today h … more →

Tags: Life, Music, Politics, Admin, Robert Forster, Grant McLennan, The Go-Betweens, the evangelist, Dorothy Dunnett

What's going on?

kaet wrote 1 year ago: I’m off for a short break for the next two days, so I want to catch up with some stuff now. I … more →

Tags: Books, Crochet, 365 Crochet Stitches a Year Perpetual Calendar, Photography, Seraphina's Shawl, Game, NatCroMo, blanket, Dorothy Dunnett

The Nursery Set18 comments

Tracy Grant wrote 1 year ago: Blogging about siblings in fiction last week got me to thinking about other family relationships in … more →

Tags: Tracy Grant, Secrets of a Lady, Georgette Heyer, Beneath a Silent Moon, Mélanie and Charles Fraser, Dorothy Dunnett, Atonement, The Mask of Night, Anthea Malcolm

Sisters & Brothers27 comments

Tracy Grant wrote 1 year ago: I had a fun afternoon today seeing a matinee of The Other Boleyn Girl with a friend. I’ve love … more →

Tags: Scarlet Pimpernel, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Shakespeare, Secrets of a Lady, Georgette Heyer, Marguerite St. Just, Beneath a Silent Moon, Mélanie and Charles Fraser

Engaging One's Sympathies27 comments

Tracy Grant wrote 1 year ago: Perla had an interesting comment on the Prologue to The Mask of Night, which I posted a couple of we … more →

Tags: Peter Wimsey, Jane Austen, Tracy Grant, Harriet Vane, Dorothy Sayers, Secrets of a Lady, Mansfield Park, Mélanie and Charles Fraser, Dorothy Dunnett

By any other name11 comments

Tracy Grant wrote 2 years ago: An interesting discussion on Cate’s Journal and Book Reviews this week got me thinking about c … more →

Tags: Tracy Grant, Secrets of a Lady, Georgette Heyer, Historical Fiction, Beneath a Silent Moon, Mélanie and Charles Fraser, Dorothy Dunnett, writing, Sherlock Holmes

Masks and Disguises2 comments

Tracy Grant wrote 2 years ago: Halloween was always one of my favorite holidays growing up, not for the candy but for the chance to … more →

Tags: Scarlet Pimpernel, Tracy Grant, Secrets of a Lady, Marguerite St. Just, Percy Blakeney, Mélanie and Charles Fraser, Dorothy Dunnett, House of Niccolò, Sherlock Holmes

Dunnett Connections10 comments

Tracy Grant wrote 2 years ago: I had lunch with a group of friends on Saturday. We spent a wonderful afternoon eating delicious foo … more →

Tags: Tracy Grant, Secrets of a Lady, Book Series, Dorothy Dunnett, House of Niccolò


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