Regency romance idea. Wedding dresses ( Read more... )

Hello peeps.

I turn toward you because I have quite a specific question about mourning rules in Victorian London, and Google hasn't been of much help (too specific of a question, I guess.)

Character A mother dies quite suddenly. "Mother" is survived by her husband and two daughters, let's call them A & B. Upper class family, not aristocratic.
How long ( Read more... )

Hello, you have all been so helpful with my prior books. I'm a bit stuck on the new one ( Read more... )

I'm writing about two men from New York, starting in the Great Depression and WWII, and ending in the 21st century, and I'm trying to develop some background for them to use across two separate stories, possibly even more ( Read more... )

Setting: Modern day London
Searches Used: Hours wasted trawling through Debrett's and hours more on google using every (or nearly every since there's probably some that I forgot) permutation of "groom's name" "peer" "title" "rank" and "wedding invitation" possible ( Read more... )

I am writing a fanfiction story loosely based on the film/play Amadeus. Because I knew that I probably couldn't achieve the level of detailed research I wanted to in the period of time I had to write the story, I ended up setting it in an invented country (none of the countries mentioned in the story are real, but there are unmistakable parallels ( Read more... )

I'm writing a fic where a British army officer (rank of captain, if that makes a difference) is attending a wedding. I know that there's a certain uniform that he is to wear, but I'm unsure as to what that is ( Read more... )

 I've tried searching Google, Google books, (search terms: "medieval norway wedding", "medieval wedding", "middelalderske bryllupet" - I got that search term from Google Translate, so if it's incorrect I apologize) and even tried searching Noway's wikipedia using Google translate.  I am looking for precise information about the rituals, ceremonies ( Read more... )

Setting: Modern Day ( Read more... )

For an SF RPG I'm writing I need a version of Christianity, preferably reasonably mainstream, in which a lay preacher would be allowed to conduct weddings, funerals, etc. if there was no ordained minister available, or might be given permission to do so. I don't really need much more than the name, I just don't want to name a sect that definitely ( Read more... )