tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764329434741342023.post4527227288206985638..comments2023-04-20T18:24:37.591+01:00Comments on Carol's Corner: Contemporary or Historical Romance?Carolbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05578076528292643928noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764329434741342023.post-54191855450832443212014-10-06T14:13:54.927+01:002014-10-06T14:13:54.927+01:00Thanks, Maxi.
You're examples show how much i...Thanks, Maxi.<br /><br />You're examples show how much is available for the writer to absorb. As you say the technological changes have been immense, and that has changed people and circumstances too. <br />We didn't have a phone put in until the mid-80's, so if we needed to make a telephone call we had to walk down the road to the phone box and make sure we had change for the phone! Carolbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05578076528292643928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764329434741342023.post-49630186596753415002014-10-05T11:20:42.409+01:002014-10-05T11:20:42.409+01:00You are so right. I'm currently dipping my toe...You are so right. I'm currently dipping my toe in the water of a novel set during or perhaps a little after the WWII. I don't have grandparents to ask and my parents were mere babes so it's going to take a good amount of research - not that I mind that. It's amazing the changes that have taken place, even in just the last few decades, especially when it comes to technology. Maxihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13881927674109243192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764329434741342023.post-8379286518022749962014-10-01T13:39:51.962+01:002014-10-01T13:39:51.962+01:00I hope so, Helen. It's finding that balance be...I hope so, Helen. It's finding that balance between knowing enough, and not inadvertently turning it into a history lecture. :)<br /><br />Admittedly I am enjoying writing my contemporary romance at the moment, but I don't think there will be as many of them as the historical ones. :DCarolbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05578076528292643928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764329434741342023.post-43588648461358864762014-09-30T20:23:18.575+01:002014-09-30T20:23:18.575+01:00Getting the detail wrong is what will trip up some...Getting the detail wrong is what will trip up some writers, but getting it right is what will bring the setting to life, enriching the story with interesting and historically accurate touches. That research is soooo important! <br /><br />It seems that you have immersed yourself in your period of interest, Carol, what with all your visits and research - and, no doubt, your writing will be the Helen Laycockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13798216210954894871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764329434741342023.post-76914474221980870992014-09-27T22:27:49.999+01:002014-09-27T22:27:49.999+01:00That's the problem with a lot of hairstyles, f...That's the problem with a lot of hairstyles, fine at the start, but a disappointment within a few hours. :)) Carolbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05578076528292643928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764329434741342023.post-75440413242393100502014-09-27T14:08:36.139+01:002014-09-27T14:08:36.139+01:00My mum called it the dragged through a hedge look ...My mum called it the dragged through a hedge look - I didn't look anything like Farrah that's for sure and it went flat in no time :-)Teresa Ashbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15350697922935549188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764329434741342023.post-37270134726520101262014-09-27T13:24:34.064+01:002014-09-27T13:24:34.064+01:00You never know what you will discover, Cat. :)You never know what you will discover, Cat. :)Carolbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05578076528292643928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764329434741342023.post-6171399349936965962014-09-27T13:24:00.015+01:002014-09-27T13:24:00.015+01:00I started my love of reading and eventually writin...I started my love of reading and eventually writing historicals because of my reading choices in the main library- the bit for adults and avid teenage readers- where the historical romances were much more appealing than the contemporary ones. <br /><br />Teresa, I always wondered how the Farrah was achieved, and I'm sure it looked impressive. :-) Carolbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05578076528292643928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764329434741342023.post-47503577577038328392014-09-27T13:10:11.904+01:002014-09-27T13:10:11.904+01:00Thanks, Rosemary.
You make an interesting point-...Thanks, Rosemary. <br /><br />You make an interesting point- when you concentrate on a particular time period certain aspects and events become easier to recall, and it makes additional but necessary research quicker. :) Carolbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05578076528292643928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764329434741342023.post-40668958659208983382014-09-27T13:06:22.393+01:002014-09-27T13:06:22.393+01:00You're so right, Lizy. And it is fun because y...You're so right, Lizy. And it is fun because you often find useful little anecdotes, or other things that will trigger ideas. :)Carolbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05578076528292643928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764329434741342023.post-64594993070680180032014-09-26T14:15:58.138+01:002014-09-26T14:15:58.138+01:00Hmm interesting.Hmm interesting.Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03973827537034653802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764329434741342023.post-33781989633442780912014-09-26T11:32:22.171+01:002014-09-26T11:32:22.171+01:00I used to love writing historical stories, mainly ...I used to love writing historical stories, mainly for the research. I used to spend ages in the library, sketching pictures of the clothes worn etc. I kept all my notes in folders and still have them somewhere. <br />I used to do my hair in a Farrah - two big rollers in the front then once it was dry throw your head forward and brush your hair the wrong way and throw it all back and leave it! Teresa Ashbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15350697922935549188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764329434741342023.post-17686541907902069032014-09-26T09:28:37.147+01:002014-09-26T09:28:37.147+01:00Enjoyed your thought-provoking post, Carol. I enjo...Enjoyed your thought-provoking post, Carol. I enjoy reading and writing historical and contemporary fiction but I tend to write historicals in the periods I most know about as I only research what I have to!Rosemary Gemmellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09311840205603508422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764329434741342023.post-9338389526899862014-09-25T22:05:55.399+01:002014-09-25T22:05:55.399+01:00The hardest part of writing an historical romance ...The hardest part of writing an historical romance - and in some ways the most fun - is the research. Even such minor details as when apples ripen in Kent need to be correct.liz younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16289501717229347872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764329434741342023.post-51585522445418942062014-09-25T18:00:04.494+01:002014-09-25T18:00:04.494+01:00Thanks for dropping by, Wendy.
Obviously we'r...Thanks for dropping by, Wendy.<br /><br />Obviously we're both suckers for punishment. :)Carolbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05578076528292643928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1764329434741342023.post-88672129064407709492014-09-25T17:39:03.293+01:002014-09-25T17:39:03.293+01:00My historical stories for The People's Friend ...My historical stories for The People's Friend take twice as long as the contemporary ones... and yet I keep writing them! Both my serials are historical too - I must just be a sucker for punishment.Wendy's Writinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06960941625432714363noreply@blogger.com