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Quote: Anna Quindlen: Books are the plane, the train, and the road. #quotation #Amwriting
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Writing and Publishing? Tips and Tricks in Self Publishing: Absolute Beginner’s Guide. #amwriting #selfpublishing #books #SuziLove
Writing and Publishing? Tips and Tricks in Self Publishing: Absolute Beginner’s Guide.
Information, contacts, and checklists steer you towards professionally produced books. Helps both fiction and non-fiction authors and available in digital and paperback.
Co-Authored by two Australians: multi-published Imogene Nix and best-selling and award winning Suzi Love.
books2read.com/selfpublishing
What did ladies do and wear in Bridgerton and Jane Austen’s time, or early 1800s? #Bridgerton #JaneAusten #RegencyFashion #BritishHistory #nonfiction
This book depicts the often-frivolous life and fashions of a young lady in the early 1800’s, but also gives a glimpse into the more serious occupations a young lady may undertake. Through historic images, historical information, and funny anecdotes, it shows how a young lady fills her day, where she is permitted to go, and who she is allowed spend time with. These light-hearted looks at the longer Regency years are an easy to read overview of what people did and wore, and where they worked and played. There is plenty of information to interest history buffs, and lots of pictures to help readers and writers of historical fiction visualize the people and places from the last years of the 18th Century until Queen Victoria took the throne. Young Lady’s Day Regency Life Series Book 4 by Suzi Love. https://books2read.com/suziloveYLD
19th Century Crossed Letter or Cross Writing. A way to save paper and postage in Jane Austen and Bridgerton times. #Bridgerton #JaneAusten #Regency #Amwriting
19th Century Cross Letter or Cross Writing or Cross Hatching. The writer reached the bottom of the page, turned the paper sideways and adds a second layer of text. During the 19th century, paper was expensive and postal delivery was charged per page, or by the size of the paper. Cross-writing was a way to save paper and postage in Jane Austen and Bridgerton times, and many of Jane Austen’s letters were written this way. Once it becomes familiar, the mind adapts easily and cross-writing letters are surprisingly legible. Charles Darwin also favored this technique.
- Rates of Postage of single Letters in Pence.
- From any post-office in England or Wales, to any place not exceeding 15 miles from such office – – – 3
- For any distance above 15, and not exceeding 30 miles — — 4
- For any distance above 30, and not exceeding 50 miles — 5
- For any distance above 50, and not exceeding 80 miles – 6
- For any distance above 80, and not exceeding 12O miles — 7
- For any distance above 120, and not exceeding 170 miles – 8
- For any distance above 170, and not exceeding 230 miles — 9
- For my distance above 230, and not exceeding 300 miles — — 10
- For any distance above 300, and not exceeding 400 miles – 11
- For any distance above 400, and nut exceeding 500 mites — 12
- 1802 Picture of London Printed for R. Phillips via Google Books (PD-180)
And so in proportion; the postage increasing progressively one penny for a single letter for every like excess ok distance of 100 miles. 1802 Picture of London Printed for R. Phillips via Google Books (PD-180)
- The Twopenny Post- Office.
- There are two principal offices, one in the General Post—office yard, Lombard—street and the other in Gerrard-street, Soho. There are also numerous receiving houses in both the town and country.
- There are SI X collections and deliveries of letters in town daily, (Sundays excepted) and there are two dispatches from, and three deliveries at, most places in the country, within the limits of this office.
- 1802 Picture of London Printed for R. Phillips via Google Books (PD-180)
19th Century What was used to seal letters in Brigerton Or Jane Austen Times? Five Desk Seals. Bridgerton #Writing #RegencyEra #JaneAusten
19th Century Mid-Late Five Desk Seals. L-R Carnelian seal with silver mounts set with colored stones; malachite urn seal: gilt-bronze seal with winged cherub heads: Silver-gilt seal eagle, Silver-gilt seal as eagle’s leg below a blue glass ball. via Sotheby’s Auctions. sothebys.com
In the Bridgerton family, or Jane Austen’s household, and during the Regency Era, sealing wax was not only impressed onto the back of a letter with a seal to protect against tampering, but also to identify the sender of the letter. People, especially aristocrats, kept personal and family seals to be used for many different purposes e.g. A letter to a government official would be sealed with an aristocrat’s crest or title. Personal seals for identification have been since early civilizations. The rubber stamps and embossers we use today serve the same purpose, identifying the sender.
Definition: Wax Seals: Pressed onto a letter or envelope to show that a document is unopened or to verify the sender’s identity. A signet ring or was seal is pressed into a dollop of hot wax to seal a letter or envelope closed.
Quote From Agatha Christie: “…to write even when you don’t want to, don’t much like what you’re writing, and aren’t writing particularly well.” #quotation #AgathaChristie #suzilove
“There was a moment when I changed from an amateur to a professional. I assumed the burden of a profession, which is to write even when you don’t want to, don’t much like what you’re writing, and aren’t writing particularly well. “Agatha Christie
1820 Ca. Metamorphic Mahogany Writing Table, English. #RegencyEra #History #Antiques
1820 ca. Metamorphic Mahogany Writing Table, English. via suzilove.com and 1st Dibs Auctions 1stdibs.com
19th Century Late. Sterling Silver Five Piece Writing or Desk Set, Peru. #Writing #VictorianEra #Antiques
19th Century Late. Sterling Silver Five Piece Writing or Desk Set, Peru (under German Company). Hinged cut crystal inkwell with beveled edges, wheel cut starburst at base, wax seal with blank matrix, blotter, dip pen and letter opener. Each with guilloche enamel featuring yellow rose with lush green leaves on pale blue background, trimmed with a lighter shade of blue enamel. Dip pen with allover pale blue guilloche enamel, pen nib marked 14k Gold Plated.
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19th Century Late. Sterling Silver Five Piece Writing or Desk Set, Peru (under German Company). Hinged cut crystal inkwell with beveled edges, wheel cut starburst at base, wax seal with blank matrix, blotter, dip pen and letter opener. Each with guilloche enamel featuring yellow rose with lush green leaves on pale blue background, trimmed with a lighter shade of blue enamel. Dip pen with allover pale blue guilloche enamel, pen nib marked 14k Gold Plated.](https://suzilove.files.wordpress.com/2021/06/writing_19th_century_late_writing-and-desk-setperu_lge-1_lge_sml.jpg?w=554)
19th Century Ormolu and Tortoiseshell Inkstand, As Found in Bridgerton and Jane Austen Households. #Bridgerton #RegencyEra #JaneAusten
19th Century Inkstand, English. Ormolu and tortoiseshell. The type of inkstand that households would have in Bridgerton’s and Jane Austen’s times for writing letters and keeping track of estate matters. Curved, recessed top, two square inkwells of faceted cut glass with round necks and ormolu lids. via 1st Dibs Auctions ~ 1stdibs.com
Writing and Publishing? Tips and Tricks in Self Publishing: Absolute Beginner’s Guide. #amwriting #selfpublishing #nonfiction
Writing and Publishing? Tips and Tricks in Self Publishing: Absolute Beginner’s Guide.
Information, contacts, and checklists steer you towards professionally produced books. Helps both fiction and non-fiction authors and available in digital and paperback.
Co-Authored by two Australians: multi-published Imogene Nix and best-selling and award winning Suzi Love.
books2read.com/selfpublishing
