Comments on: RANSOME’S HONOR: The Research

By: Jolanthe

Jolanthe — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:37:41 +0000

I’ve never seen the older version of P&P – but I need to check it out. Really didn’t like the latest one (with Keira) but loved the one with Colin Firth. Apparently, I need to check out this one after all!

Jolanthe

By: Kaye Dacus

Kaye Dacus — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 04:10:48 +0000

I already had at least half of the Jane Austen nonfiction books before I started thinking about writing a story set during the era. What makes all the research worthwhile is that I find it all interesting and am fascinated by all the details I’ve learned/I’m still learning in this process.

By: Sally Bradley

Sally Bradley — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 03:05:36 +0000

And your bibliography is why I decided to stick with writing contemporary fiction.

Actually part of my reasoning is that there’s still plenty of research to do in contemporary fiction, but at least I’m up on current foods and fashion.

Okay, maybe strike fashion.

The first book I wrote was set in South Carolina in 1855, a fascinating pre-Civil War time period. Maybe too fascinating. It was very easy to keep reading book after book after book and following dozens of rabbit trails.

By: Kaye Dacus

Kaye Dacus — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:31:25 +0000

I think I managed to get my copy right before it went OOP. They have a P&P one now that’s replaced this one, it looks like.

By: Ruth

Ruth — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:29:58 +0000

Oh that Tom Tierney reference took me back – I LOVED collecting his paper doll books, and have half a dozen or so (I never cut them out or anything, just loved looking at the drawings and reading about the clothes!). Great reference! Do you actually have a copy of that or did you find it in a library or something? I saw on Amazon that it appears to be one of his collections that are OOP.

By: Lori Benton

Lori Benton — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:32:20 +0000

Sounds like a good chance I can get my hands on a copy before the 3rd then. I want to take one big research book and one novel with me. That should last me for a week of busy visiting and a wedding.

By: Lori Benton

Lori Benton — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:29:02 +0000

Oh, I also meant to thank you for the bibliography. I love it when authors are allowed to include those in the back of their historicals. I wish more would/could. I’ve found so many great resources that way.

And I also meant to say I haven’t seen that version of Persuasion yet, but have a friend who owns it, and I intend to borrow it asap.

By: Kaye Dacus

Kaye Dacus — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:57:43 +0000

The official release date is July 1. Amazon shows a “receive” date (as in, when I should receive a copy ordered from them with 2-day shipping) on July 6.

However, Menu had a ship-from-warehouse-to-stores date of June 15, and Ruth said it’s starting to hit shelves in some LifeWay stores. The ship-from-warehouse-to-stores date for Ransome is June 24 (from what I’ve heard), so it may be in stores as soon as Father’s Day weekend, if it gets out as quickly as Menu.

By: Kaye Dacus

Kaye Dacus — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:55:36 +0000

As with many, many other ladies, that’s my favorite Richard Armitage role!

By: Kaye Dacus

Kaye Dacus — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:54:35 +0000

That’s one of the reasons I’ve loved writing the Ransome series so much (at least what I’ve written of it so far)—because I love researching the era, but it’s no fun if I keep all those little details and pieces of interesting trivia to myself!

And I’m certain this bibliography will only expand as I get further into the series. After all, I’m getting ready to send them to Jamaica. A research trip may be in order!