Research Tiem. (you can't make me!)

[burntcopper]

:sigh: nano approacheth. Cannot yet decide which one to do of the Upstairs-Downstairs, Psycho girl, and Girl in the army. Really to do more research to see which one's the most viable at this point, since research sparks plot bunnies and also tells you what you can and can't do

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[gmh]

Sir Terry has said it exists. He's read it.

Might be an idea to ask him - he and Rob are pretty good at answering emails.

[burntcopper]

where does one find his email? direct message on twitter?

[gmh]

The two I can remember off the top of my head are:

tpratchett@cix.compulink.co.uk (which I *think* stopped working in ~1996)

tpratchett@unseen.demon.co.uk (still works as far as I know, but...)

Colin owns the domain terrypratchett.co.uk and is a wonderful person, as I'm sure you know.

Twitter might be just as effective as the above, mind you.

[xenaclone]

>Until the twentieth century, women were excluded from war in Western cultures because they were thought to lack strength and aggression and because social attitudes required them to take on a caring and nurturing role. Those women who did want to fight had to disguise themselves as men and some managed to avoid detection for long periods. Types of dress could hide the female form; medical inspections upon enlistment were rare; long hair was not uncommon; armies often contained boy soldiers with their lack of facial hair and higher-pitched voices; and
personal hygiene habits were such that washing was not frequent. Discovery usually occurred as a result of illness or wounds. Trooper Christiana ‘Kit’ Welsh’s identity was revealed after she was seriously wounded at the Battle of Ramillies in 1706. Phoebe Hessel, 5th Regiment of Foot, was unmasked after receiving a bayonet wound at the Battle of Fontenoy in 1745.http://www.amazon.com/Bold-Her- ( ... )

[xenaclone]

Awesome life follows

[xenaclone]

At the risk of overdosing you:-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Barry_surgeon

[burntcopper]

Pip, you have a scary amount of knowledge. or better google-fu.

[taraljc]

If you need research book recs for Upstairs Downstairs, lemme know? God knows a massive chunk of my library is life in service from Victorian through the 1960s.