Monthly Archives: November 2009

Nifty Women Who Fought in World War One

Posted on November 20, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

Along the lines of “Nifty Stuff That Ought to be in Romance Novels,” there are some famous women in World War One that would be fabulous sources for heroines.I highly recommend Into the Breach: American Women Overseas in World War … Continue reading →

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My Philcon 2009 Schedule

Posted on November 19, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

I’ll be at Philcon this weekend. My schedule is below. Fri 7:00 PM in Plaza IFANTASY BASED ON NON-EUROPEAN SOURCESVictoria Janssen (mod), Stephanie Burke, James L. Cambias, Christine Norris, Tom Doyle You don’t have to go “all medieval on me” … Continue reading →

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Edwardian/Belle Epoque Research Links

Posted on November 18, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

The Edwardian period in England officially lasted from 1901-1910 but is often extended through the end of World War One in 1918; another term, more applicable to the rest of the Europe, is La Belle Epoque, which stretches slightly longer. … Continue reading →

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Cherry-Picking Time

Posted on November 17, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

An editor to whom I’d previously sold reprints contacted me last week about possibly contributing to a new anthology. Immediately, this made my heart sing. It sang even more when I found out I could write any subgenre of “hot … Continue reading →

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My Top 16 Romance Novels

Posted on November 16, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

I’m exactly one month late posting my sixteen favorite romance novels, but, well…here they are anyway, in random order. And it was really hard and made me very sad, but I did it for you. I limited myself to books … Continue reading →

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Siegfried Sassoon, "Repression of War Experience"

Posted on November 15, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

Repression of War Experience Now light the candles; one; two; there’s a moth; What silly beggars they are to blunder in And scorch their wings with glory, liquid flame– No, no, not that,–it’s bad to think of war, When thoughts … Continue reading →

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Notes from "The Repression of War Experience" by W.H.R. Rivers, M.D.

Posted on November 14, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

Notes from “The Repression of War Experience” by W.H.R. Rivers, M.D. Published in The Lancet, Feb. 2, 1918 NB: This document is reproduced from and held at the The Napier University War Poets site. “I hope to show that many … Continue reading →

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Real People as Fiction – Linkgasm #3

Posted on November 13, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

Timmi Duchamp on representing history in fiction, particularly using real historical personages in fiction. Here’s Part Two.Are novelists entitled to use real-world characters? by Guy Gavriel Kay, an essay for The Guardian that’s linked from the above post. This also … Continue reading →

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Dream Stories

Posted on November 12, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

I have a mental list of stories I want to write. Also a list I’d like to revisit, that I attempted but never completed to my satisfaction. And a few files that are nothing but a few sentences, that just … Continue reading →

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Siegfried Sassoon, "Aftermath"

Posted on November 11, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

It’s Armistice/Remembrance/Veterans’ Day today. Aftermath Have you forgotten yet?… For the world’s events have rumbled on since those gagged days, Like traffic checked while at the crossing of city-ways: And the haunted gap in your mind has filled with thoughts … Continue reading →

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