Fascinating! (and a little disturbing–I’m looking at you, #7!) The Goddess Born series is set in the eighteenth century, which has allowed me to spend a great deal of time living in the past. Here are some interesting tidbits I’ve picked up along the way. Ten Things I’ve learned from Writing Historical NA European men started wearing high heels in the sixteen hundreds. Women followed suit to masculinize their outfits. The English fancied curse words that started with the letter B, e.g., Ballocks, Blast, Bloody and Bugger were four favorites. On matters of equality, Quakers were centuries ahead of their time.…
I read. And quilt. A lot.