Interview With Victoria Lee Anglo

Interview Guest:  Victoria Lee Anglo, female support character.  She created a fake life for herself, and is most likely a murderess. AUTHOR: Welcome, Mrs. Anglo. We’re glad you could join us today. VLA: (Smiles and looks around the room while making a sniffling noise) Thank you. Please call me Vicky. The 21st century is so much…

Once A Casanova Always A Casanova

It’s discovery time. There comes a moment in a relationship when it’s either going to move forward and become permanent or it’s going to go down in flames. More than one of my characters experience this moment – and for at least one of them it does not end well. He can lie all he…

19th Century Hair Pins

More than just functional. Hairpins date back centuries ago to ancient China and were used on a regular basis by women to secure what was sometimes very elaborate hairstyles. The single prong pin was originally made and it came in various lengths and with many different accent ornamnets attached. Materials ranged from silver, gold, wood,…

Woman On The Warpath

Look out! Women take a lot of crap. No doubt. It starts in childhood. They take it from other kids, from nagging older siblings, even from their parents. Girls, especially the ones who (at least early on) are shy and sweet, become targets for others who want to tell them what to do and push…

Beware The King Of Cups

About the tarot suit of cups. In general, cups relate to water signs in astrology, and that means they relate to emotions, intuition, spirituality, dreams and past-life experiences. Included with this comes the deepest hopes, wishes and fears present in all of us. To better explain this, the suit of cups, in particular, should be…

Corsets In the 19th Century

Pulling it all in. That’s what the woman of 1840 and indeed women for many decades after that, wanted to do most of all. The idea of a tiny waistline was en vogue for lots of reasons. One of them I believe is that it automatically gave dressmakers work by way of adding tucks in…