Day-to-Day Thoughts

Only a historical novelist would think about these things on a day-to-day basis:

  • My character wants to hug another character. I can’t say hug. Do I use the word embrace?
  • How hard is it to tie a stay or a corset in the back by yourself? How would a poor widow with no female companions or maids do it?
  • Will readers doubt me when my poor characters eat oysters? They were for the poor back then.
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  • On second thought, maybe that hug shouldn’t be there at all. What were the social mores regarding physical contact?
  • How many research books can an NYC apartment hold?

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