Tag: Victorian

Speak Chuckaboo & Speak Flapper

S2 E15: Speak Chuckaboo! — Rebecca’s Reading Room #NewBook #Vocabulary #Slang

August 30, 2022

Tuesday, August 30, 2022 Rebecca Budd and her sister, Sarah have been looking around in my “Author Tool Chest,” and I couldn’t be happier.  What a delight to sit in on their conversation about my latest slang dictionary, “Speak Chuckaboo.”  I hope you’ll click over and join the fun.  I’m closing comments here, because I … More S2 E15: Speak Chuckaboo! — Rebecca’s Reading Room #NewBook #Vocabulary #Slang

The Delta Pearl 72 — Hide. Plus a DoW-5 Cover Reveal

May 1, 2021

Saturday, May 1, 2021 Happy May Day.  Sorry for the delay — there was a WordPress scheduling error. Thank you for coming back to the river, my chuckaboos!  This post is a bit of a hodgepodge. There’s a featured image from my Designed & Ready Book Covers service.  Plus I’m finishing up Dead of Winter: … More The Delta Pearl 72 — Hide. Plus a DoW-5 Cover Reveal

The Delta Pearl 63 — Whistle

February 6, 2021

Saturday, February 6, 2021 But first, for those who aren’t here on Wednesdays… Announcing Dead of Winter: Journey 2, Penllyn At the beginning of 2021, I started monthly, serialized novelettes of an epic fantasy, “Dead of Winter.”  Journey 1, Forlorn Peak was released then.  This week I published, Journey 2, Penllyn.  For that announcement click here. (Description … More The Delta Pearl 63 — Whistle

Vintage postcard of Savannah, GA

The Delta Pearl 50 — Discover

October 3, 2020

Saturday, October 3, 2020  Welcome to the garden party, my chuckaboos!  I’m glad you are here.  Heartfelt thanks to everyone who visited, hosted (so far), and supported the launch of Hullaba Lulu, a Dieselpunk Adventure this week. I’ll be visiting other blogs throughout the coming week.  You’re all pos-i-lutely swell.    Wow, it’s already October.  Another … More The Delta Pearl 50 — Discover

The Delta Pearl — Dry dock due to bad Internet

September 19, 2020

Saturday, September 19, 2020   Apologies, my chuckaboos. As you’ve gathered, The Delta Pearl is not here today.  I’m worried about many of you because of the terrible fires, particularly the ones along the Pacific coast states and provinces. Also, for everyone, I pray that each of you are safe, well, and happy, no matter where … More The Delta Pearl — Dry dock due to bad Internet

Scarab pectoral belonging to Tutankhamun Wikipedia

A Delta Pearl Extra

June 17, 2020

Wednesday, June 17, 2020  Wait a minute — the steampunk riverboat is here?  Well, dash my wig!  Welcome my chuckaboos! Don’t worry, you aren’t arfarfan’arf or boiled owl. It really is Wednesday.  Today I’m doing something I rarely do — posting a revision.  A few people commented that they had to look up “scarab.”  Most of … More A Delta Pearl Extra

The Delta Pearl, 14 — Drink, & an Announcement

November 9, 2019

Saturday, November 9, 2019 Hello, my chuckaboos!  Welcome back to the magical #steampunk riverboat, the The Delta Pearl.   I have a chatty intro this weekend.  Most of it is rooted in National Novel Writing Month,  so that’s were I’ll begin. This is my eighth year to participate in “NaNoWriMo.” Horror of horrors I’m behind on my average daily … More The Delta Pearl, 14 — Drink, & an Announcement

"Gwendolen at the roulette table" 1910 illustration to George Eliots Daniel Deronda altered by Teagan

The Delta Pearl, 12 — Prognosticate

October 26, 2019

Saturday, October 26, 2019 The steampunk riverboat is here.  Hello, my chuckaboos!  Thanks for coming back to the The Delta Pearl.  Based on my own experiences the past two weeks (and more), I know it might have been difficult for you to get here. I hope everyone is still onboard, despite the wide-spread difficulties WordPress is causing many … More The Delta Pearl, 12 — Prognosticate

Kirk Douglas as Blue John Boulton

The Delta Pearl, 9 — Secure

October 5, 2019

Saturday, October 5, 2019 Hello, my chuckaboos!  Thanks for coming back to the The Delta Pearl. Let’s get right to it. This week’s random reader things This steampunk riverboat runs on random “things” from readers. Diana Wallace Peach provided tap shoes. John W. Howell mentioned pandemonium. Thanks to Dan Antion  for letting me use some of his photos.  He staged a photoshoot … More The Delta Pearl, 9 — Secure

Train Schedule Update

June 20, 2015

If you’ve looked high and low, and the steam locomotive scheduled to take you to Copper, the Alchemist, and the Woman in Trousers was not at the station… Well, that’s because there has been a delay.  A cast iron finial fell off the train.  Copper and Felicity are looking for it right now.  Although Cornelis and the Green Fairy appear … More Train Schedule Update

Copper, the Alchemist, & the Woman in Trousers: Episode 16

May 9, 2015

Did I mangle the mangle? English is an amazing language.  It’s amazing because with words that have the same spelling as another word but have a different sound and a different meaning… and then words that have the same sound as another word but are spelled differently and have a different meaning… Well, it’s a wonder we can … More Copper, the Alchemist, & the Woman in Trousers: Episode 16

Copper, the Alchemist, & the Woman in Trousers: Episode 8

March 14, 2015

Do you want some cheese to go with that whine, Teagan? If you saw yesterday’s post, you know I have even more stress than usual right now.  So thanks for letting me vent.  Usually I have to be in a really “good place” or I can’t write.  The spontaneous nature of the serials help with that, though I’m … More Copper, the Alchemist, & the Woman in Trousers: Episode 8

Train Schedule Update

February 14, 2015

If you’ve looked high and low, and the steam locomotive scheduled to take you to Copper, the Alchemist, and the Woman in Trousers was not at the station… Well, that’s because there has been a delay.  A cast iron finial fell off the train.  Copper and Felicity are looking for it right now.  Although Cornelis and the Green Fairy appear … More Train Schedule Update