by LoriBenton | Mar 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
Instead of having to track down various websites or book resources that give lists of what this or that item was worth in the late 18th century when I find myself needing to insert such historical tidbits into a scene, I’m proposing to start my own list here on...
by LoriBenton | Mar 5, 2011 | Uncategorized
I’ve had a crash course on stays this week, between my friend Carla Gade’s posts on Dressing a Colonial Lady, and the blog and emails of the Colonial Lady herself, Mary Spencer. If you’d like to tell between stays and corsets, check out Mary’s...
by LoriBenton | Mar 1, 2011 | Uncategorized
I seem to need pretty high stakes to make a lifestyle changing resolution and stick to it. Take exercise for instance. I want to feel good and look my best, but that wasn’t enough to get me exercising regularly in my twenties. Then I had cancer at 30, which was...
by LoriBenton | Feb 22, 2011 | Uncategorized
Not long ago I was talking to a friend about finding a single word to define where you are in life, or that describes what you feel the Lord is working out in your soul, or expresses a goal you have for yourself for this (still relatively new) year. She shared hers...
by LoriBenton | Feb 17, 2011 | Uncategorized
I’ve stumbled upon lots of great writing posts this week. Here’s two I hope you don’t miss. From Athol Dickson at Novel Journey: Scariness in Fictionland. “Sometimes being a novelist is scary. For example, over the last year or so I’ve seen...
