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Feb
22
2012

Basic Etiquette for a Gentleman

by gloria harchar

In writing my young adult steampunk story, I would like to keep these etiquette points in mind. Now, my hero will most likely break the rules–especially with the heroine when they are chasing the same criminal–but I think following the etiquette when it suits him will be fun. In riding horseback or walking along the [...]

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Feb
18
2012

Alternate Victorian World

by gloria harchar

Steampunk is a subgenre of science fiction, in case you don’t know. As I’ve said before, I’m writing a story set in an Alternate Victorian World, which is essentially what Steampunk is. The world I’m creating has all the essential mentality of the Victorian era. I’m sticking with the Crown’s encouragement toward Enlightenment, meaning Queen [...]

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Feb
16
2012

Queen Victoria and Christ

by gloria harchar

This is a story about Queen Victoria, which I hadn’t heard until I found this post on Christian Assemblies International. During the week of her coronation, when Victoria was eighteen, she was sitting in the Royal Lodge while Handel’s “Messiah” was being performed. A lady-in-waiting came to the assembly and said, “Everybody in the room [...]

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Feb
15
2012

Duke

by gloria harchar

It was only a little over six hundred years ago that the peerage system evolved, when all peerages began to be created by letters patent, a writ of summons to the Lords, the Great Council which existed before Parliament began. A throwback to these days is the usage of issuing writs to peers to attend [...]

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Feb
11
2012

The Queen’s Hound

by gloria harchar

Here is a blurb of the story I am working on: Zora Torbeck is a sixteen-year-old orphan living in an alternate nineteenth-century London. With her augmented sense of smell, she is called the Queen’s Hound, a bounty hunter able to track and trap the most elusive criminals. The story opens with her chasing Mad Mick, [...]

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Feb
10
2012

Breakdown of Currency

by gloria harchar

To follow up on yesterday’s post, I thought I would show a chart that indicates the relationships between different denominations, and include the slang version of the coin or note. Basic Units Value Coin Paper Slang Term 1,000 pounds 1,000-pound note 500 pounds 500-pound note 200 pounds 200-pound note 100 pounds 100-pound note 50 pounds [...]

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Feb
09
2012

Currency in Victorian Times

by gloria harchar

Guineas, shillings, half-pence. You know what they are? Mr. Dombey asks his little son, Paul. Paul knew, Charles Dickens tells us in his story, Dombey and Son, but the average reader of today might not. In the 1800′s, British money was calculated in units of pounds, shillings, and pence. These were the units of value–like [...]

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