God forbid the lads might need a laxative! Dr. Lorraine’s Vegetable Pill “Mild, certain, safe, efficient. It is far the best cathartic remedy yet discovered” (25 cents a box) Polk Miller’s […]
1800s Medication, Part 3
Come Spring, Carmela would probably encourage the lads to take a tonic! Old Dr. Townsend’s Sarsaparilla (sarsaparilla, molasses, senna and 18-25 proof alcohol) “the most extraordinary medicine in the world”- claimed […]
1800s Medication, Part 2
Here are some more of the over-the-counter remedies the lads might have used: For Pain: Dover’s Powder (opium and ipecac) Pain Killer: (opium?) “adapted for both internal and external application, […]
1800’s Medication, Part 1
I’m currently researching what medicines the lads would have had access to, if they had a cold or headache or something even worse. I’m having so much fun with it […]
Book Titles, Part 2
Now that you’ve had the serious advice, here’s some fun with book titles! Martin at the NY Times suggests Noun + Number of Nouns or Somebody’s Something Promise how to […]
How To Title a Book
I get this question all the time over on WikiAnswers … “What is a good title for a story/book about _____?” So how do you find a good title for […]
For You: The Lads Board a Train
This is part of the scene where the lads (and Emily) head off to New York for their new case: A few last-minute arrivals bustled over, and were hurried on […]
30 New Year’s Resolutions for Writers
As the year draws to a close, writers everywhere dream up something new to write: their list of resolutions. Here are my top 5 resolutions for writers: Read – both […]
Merry Christmas!
Happy holidays to all my readers! I hope you have a great one, whichever one you celebrate, and that 2016 is even better than 2015. In old […]
A Writing Retreat
As most of my followers already know, I’ve just gotten back from a “working vacation” where I spent most of my time writing Book 2. I got somewhere around five chapters […]