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The Streets of San Francisco: Detoured, diverted, and derailed by historical...
Several weeks ago I had carved out a few days for uninterrupted writing, and I was firmly committed to making significant progress on my new book. I already had the first five chapters written (about...
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Victorian San Francisco Short Story
My short story, set in 1879 San Francisco, features two elderly dressmakers, Miss Minnie and Miss Millie Moffet, who face a moral dilemma of no small dimensions. They turn for advice to Annie Fuller, a...
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Golden Gate Park in Victorian San Francisco
Dear Reader, When I started this blog several years ago, I assumed that most of my posts would be about historical topics. After all, I had a doctorate in history, I was winding down a thirty-year...
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The Victorian San Francisco Palace Hotel: Gone but not Forgotten
The Palace Hotel One of the difficulties an author faces in writing historical fiction is recapturing the feel of cities in a prior period. In the United States, city landscapes are constantly changing...
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Victorian San Francisco in 1880: Social Structure and Character Development
I have embarked upon writing Bloody Lessons, the third book in my Victorian San Francisco Mystery series that features Annie Fuller and Nate Dawson, which means I am creating a whole new raft of...
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Would a Rose by any other Name: The Thorny Question of Titles
I have belonged to a writing group for nearly 25 years, and I cannot count the number of hours we have discussed the titles for our books over those years. For those members who were fortunate enough...
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