September 20, 2010
Image by elycefeliz via Flickr Jane Austen‘s life spanned two revolutions (the American and French) as well as Napoleon’s rise to power. In the romance trade, this era was known as the Regency period. It was a time of upheaval and uncertainty for the British Empire but when you read Austen’s work, it’s as though she was [...]
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September 15, 2010
Image via Wikipedia I find it curious that my all of favorite writers were smokers. J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Stephen Crane, Mark Twain, Edward Abbey, William Faulkner—all of these wordsmiths were avid devotees of either pipes or cigars (or both). So why is it that writing and tobacco seem to be such close bedfellows? For [...]
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