20th Century
COSTUME DETAILS FOR WRITERS 1920s LADIES
The Great War, women’s suffrage, improved international trade, more thorough education for the masses. What do these all have in common? They all contributed to the most amazing and fast change in culture in many centuries. And one of the most predominant features of that change was the entirely new look for women!
COSTUME DETAILS FOR WRITERS–1920s HAIRSTYLES
Ass the movies were getting more and more popular, the cinema goers were following the styles of the actors and actresses.
COSTUME DETAILS FOR WRITERS 1930s MEN
Men began to honor masculinity, the Tarzan and tough man roles that were the rage at the movie theaters. Men started looking at themselves and evaluating their own masculinity.
COSTUME DETAILS FOR WRITERS 1930s PART 2
Remember that those beautiful women on the screen translated into cosmetic sales going through the roof despite the poverty of the decade.
Costume Details for Writers-1930s
Writing historical fiction…makes me curious about how my heroines dressed
The Matter of a Missing Stutz
Why would a woman think her husbands loves his Stutz Bearcat more than he loves her? What did he mean when he repeated "The Stutz, the Stutz" as he lay dying? For that matter, what is a Stutz Bearcat? The answers are in the new book, coming soon.
how did you find this story?
A few people have asked me how did I find all the details for the story of "The Ragman Murders".. After all, it is a true story, for the most part. Much angst and sweat went into the research. It is almost a book, itself. Be prepared for a long read; the story...
How did you find that story? part two
Trying to raise a young family and work full time does not leave much time for research. I read the newspaper articles over and over, trying to commit them to memory and find a hint as to where to find the next step. At this point I had these three sources of...
How did you find that story, part three
Twice more, I tried my hand at finding more information at the State Library in Hartford. There was less information acquired each time. Early on, I had gotten a bit of information from the son-in-law of the murdered female victim. He said that the children, now...
Where did you find that story? part four
Years passed and I had done nothing with the information I had, other than transcribe the newspaper articles. All I had was the basic story. No background. No conclusion. Then came the day when I discovered that the internet was a great addition to a computer. It was...