In historical fiction it is important to be accurate and the only way to do so is to research the era. What is highly recommended by many writers is to write your story first. While writing your story, mark the parts that you’re not sure are correct and then do the research after you are done. This is to prevent you from from doing unnecessary research that may not be relevant to your work. You want to spend your time wisely!
To begin, the Victorian period formally begins in 1837 (the year Victoria became Queen) and ends in 1901 (the year of her death).
The crows she feeds obviously have their own little lives. They go about their business, and they spot *pretty thing* or /unique thing/ in question. What gets me is that the *first* thing on their minds as recipient of this thing is the little girl that feeds them.
They spot a thing, and immediately must think, “that nice girl with delicious foodstuffs must have this to show my gratitude.”
It’s actually more than that, though, if you read the articles or watch the videos. This has taken place over YEARS- it started with these birds following this little girl around because she was a messy eater and it has turned into a ritual for the family. They have a water station and food stations where they daily set out things for these birds and sometimes (but not always), these birds leave ‘payment’ behind for the food.
BUT WAIT THERE’S MORE
These birds are not just taking food and leaving shinies. These birds are watching over this family now. Their lives have become involved. These crows are keeping track of this girl and her mother even when they are out of the yard. How do we know?
One of them is a photographer, and one day while she was photographing some stuff on a bridge, she dropped her camera’s lenscap over the edge. There was no way she could get it back, so she left it. When she got home, the lenscap was sitting on the edge of one of the feeding stations, waiting for her.
Not only were the birds following and watching over her, they were smart enough to realize she dropped an Important Thing and cared enough to bring it back to her.
I’m available to do editing work for people over the summer. I’m a published author (anthology coming out in the fall, I think) and have been doing a fair amount of editing work for my friends. Currently in my second year of creative writing at university. Will charge 5$ per page, non manuscript or essay prices negotiable. Message me for details.
Call for submissions! Science fiction, fantasy, horror,
interstitial, and unclassifiable works are welcome.
TROUBLE THE WATERS: Tales from the Deep
Blue
edited by Sheree Renée Thomas, Pan Morigan, and Troy L. Wiggins
She
moves with deliberate grace.
Mami
Wata, Momu Watu, La Sirene,
Sedna, Coventina, Suijin, Mother of Waters
She
is the water between us, the water within us, the water that slakes thirst,
from which we were born. Water is the natural and the sacred, the functional
and the necessary. All over the world, in cultures young and old, water is life
and from this force, great adventures, quests, and legacies begin. And whether
it is still, moves, rises, or falls, water fills us. Imagine what stories and
strange tales can be told from the depths of its depths.
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TROUBLE
THE WATERS: Tales from the Deep Blue will
be a new anthology of water-themed speculative short stories that explore all
kinds of water lore and deities, ancient and new as well as unimagined tales.
We want stories with memorable, engaging characters, great and small, epic
tales and quieter stories of personal and communal growth. Science fiction,
fantasy, horror, interstitial, and unclassifiable works are welcome. We are seeking original stories in English (2500
– 7000 words; pays 5-6 cents per word) from writers of all walks of life from
this beautiful planet and will accept some select reprints (pays 2-3 cents per
word). Deadline: November 1, 2017.
Projected publication: November 2018, Rosarium Publishing, www.rosariumpublishing.com.
Please send submissions as a .doc, .docx, or .rtf file in standard mss
formatting with your name, title, and word count to: TroubletheWaters2018@gmail.com
“We Wear Culture” is a collaboration between Google and more than 180 museums, schools, fashion institutions, and other organizations from all parts of the globe. It’s part of Google’s Arts & Culture platform, which is digitizing the world’s cultural treasures, and functions as a searchable guide to a collective archive of some 30,000 fashion pieces that puts “three millennia of fashion at your fingertips,” Google says.
But it isn’t just a database. Google has worked with curators to create more than 450 exhibits on different topics—say, how the cheongsam changed the way Chinese women dress—making the site an endlessly entertaining, educational portal filled with stunning imagery touching on everything from modern Japanese streetwear to the clothes worn at the court of Versailles.
i can already tell this has made writing for historical fandoms – the worst part of which, for me, is absofuckinglutely hands-down the clothing – much easier.
It’s not only about ancient history– the first one I clicked on is called “Museum of Transology” and it’s about how fashion has played a role in trans lives. I can’t wait to explore this further!
not to get mad nerdy but I just discovered tabletopaudio.com and I’m fuckin losing it
this person (people?) goes about making 10 minute long loopable ambient noise tracks for every imaginable setting (docks, taverns, forests, airships, spaceships, office buildings, sewers, EVERYTHING) and has over a hundred tracks to offer, and on top of that if none of them suit you there’s a huge feature called soundpad where you can mix and match from their set of hundreds of individual sound effects and music clips to make your own ambient background track
holy shit dudes
I did a little further reading on his about and the guy running this is just a dad with two kids who like playing tabletops with him and he had the composition and musical training to start making soundtracks for his games then decided to spread that to the world for absolutely free, he even welcomes you to use his tracks in your works (podcasts, videos etc) and is open to being hired for custom tracks
skysonglark reference 