It’s been almost a year since I have had the urge to write. It feels like a million months have passed since my imagination created something worth putting to paper (or on the screen of my laptop as the case may be). Last spring and summer I was on a roll, having written almost half… Continue reading Ugghh… another hiatus
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Plot Holes & Serendipitous Research
As I was about eight or so chapters into Asher and Ophelia’s story this weekend, I suddenly discovered that I had gotten so carried away that I’d written myself into a huge plot hole. Oops! As a brief background to my dilemma, it’s important to know that Asher & Ophelia’s story takes place at three… Continue reading Plot Holes & Serendipitous Research
The Rise of Astor Dynasty: Gilded Age Wealth and Status
The third generation in the line of the strict male primogeniture created by John Jacob Astor I’s will was the first generation to live entirely under the wealth and inheritance amassed by the first two generations. Long gone were the days of that first Astor in America: there was no longer a need for fur… Continue reading The Rise of Astor Dynasty: Gilded Age Wealth and Status
A New Year, A New Decade
The funny thing about time is that it's constant; it continues on and before you know it another day, week, month, or even a year has gone by. And then you're left wondering what the heck just happened? Tonight we celebrate as a New Year and a new decade begin. For me, it's a time… Continue reading A New Year, A New Decade
A Legacy of Love
On my way into the office the other morning, I was reflecting on my family's past and how it compares to my lifelong crazy love affair with the Gilded Age. I have always been fascinated with the era and as a young girl, I longed to be a part of those grand families, to live… Continue reading A Legacy of Love
From the Ashes of Dreams
In a little over a month it will be the ten year anniversary of a loss that was so profound, it nearly broke me. My fiancée, and the father of my two boys, passed away on the night of February 16, 2009. I was in my late twenties back then, engaged to be married to… Continue reading From the Ashes of Dreams
A Pause in the Process
So... the last few months have flown by and I've thought a lot about the story I'm working on, but I haven't had a lot of time to commit to actually writing any of it down. Distractions are a normal part of my crazy life; raising two boys alone tends to sap most of my… Continue reading A Pause in the Process
Evelina Wood 