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[candesgirl]

And why do I feel like I've used that subject title before?

SO. NaNo. I'm going full steam ahead on that this year after taking last year off. I have my sights set awfully high and have been bothering most anyone who will listen to me about my big idea for it. I must say that dragonlit, kimboosan, filthgoblin and paragraphs have all been incredibly helpful and encouraging thus far

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[draycevixen]

I'm in a meeting right now, but check the Holmes sites. They've all been linking like crazy to Victorian England info available on the web, particularly at the writers' site.

I did Nano for 2 years and I don't think I'm going to do it again... however, I will be signing up for wrisomifu which was so much fun last year. *g*

[candesgirl]

Ooh, thanks Miss Drayce! I will check that out :)

I did NaNo two years, then skipped last year, and I only finished that first year, but I am ready to try again :)

[draycevixen]

gah! I typed a longish comment here and now it's gone. WAH!

I suggested studyinsherlock as a site that might have good links and to check the tags at holmeswatson09.

[paragraphs]

ooooo thanks from me too! And what is this wrisomifu?

[vanillafluffy]

Victorian romances: Anne Perry. especially the early Charlotte and Thomas Pitt books. They're late Victorian. Her earlier Victorian series are the Inspector Monk novels.

[candesgirl]

Ooh, thanks! Adding that to my check out at the library list :)

[paragraphs]

A BBC series was also made of this. :)

[candesgirl]

You, me and BBC have this friendship going on...;)

[screamlet]

Sarah waters. Finally jumping on her bandwagon -- very accurate from my victorianist perspective AND? lesbian thriller. HOW COOL?

[candesgirl]

You! Somehow I knew you'd have something for me :) Thank you! Lesbian thriller, too? That's even better since mine is homoerotic thriller-esque-ish.

[paragraphs]

HA! ALso done by the BBC. Also FABULOUS. Her books are hit and miss for me--Fingersmith and Tipping the Velvet are my favs.

[screamlet]

Hahaha those are the ones I was going to recommend! I've read Fingersmith and just started Tipping the Velvet -- amaze!!!

[fringedweller]

Try Deanna Raybourn, "Silent In The Grave" and the two sequels. Without wanting to blow my own trumpet, that particular era was a specialist study of mine, so if you want a historical Brit-pick, I'm more than happy to help.

[candesgirl]

You know what? I JUST cracked that open, I took it out of the library today :) Thanks for the rec, I'm definitely going to read it now. And thanks for the offer of helping with the historical Brit-pick, I just might take you up on that :) And hey, you go on and toot your own horn, I sure don't mind!

[fringedweller]

It's a fab book, I hope you like it. If your story involves high class prostitutes, or the demi-mondaine as they were delicately called, I can recommend "Courtesans" by Katie Hickman as an excellently-researched piece of non-fiction.

[candesgirl]

I will check that out too, because I might have need for such specific knowledge ;)

[paragraphs]

Browse my Delicious collection... Might be helpful stuff in there for you! http://www.delicious.com/tatteredleaf

[candesgirl]

Thank you, darling! That is totally helpful and appreciated :)