Tag Archives: Research

Regency era underwear (or lack thereof)

Posted on December 15, 2022 by Joy Lynn Fielding

I’ve been spending an enjoyable time investigating breeches (for research purposes, honest) and learned that neither gentlemen nor ladies tended to wear underwear during the Regency period. It sounds rather uncomfortable to me, but it does make for smoother sex scenes! … Continue reading →

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The bear necessities

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Joy Lynn Fielding

Apologies for that terrible, terrible title. This is the latest in my occasional series of fascinating (yes, really!) facts series… It’s a long story, but I ended up reading about bears earlier today and stumbled upon some interesting facts. Be … Continue reading →

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My burgeoning love affair with wolves (from a very safe distance)

Posted on October 28, 2013 by Joy Lynn Fielding

Before I started reading about wolves for my Strength of the Pack series, my knowledge of them was gleaned entirely from multiple readings of White Fang as a child (and by multiple readings, I mean somewhere in the region of … Continue reading →

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Black Wolves (aka the perils of research)

Posted on October 11, 2013 by Joy Lynn Fielding

I’ve just been reading about a recent study which discovered that black wolves’ coat colouring derives from the historical mating of wild grey wolves with black dogs. I found that to be interesting in a fairly abstract way, but that’s … Continue reading →

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Release day for A Gilded Cage

Posted on August 21, 2013 by Joy Lynn Fielding

I’m not sure where the summer is going, but somehow the release day for A Gilded Cage is already here! Set once more in 1790s Venice, with its licentious Carnevale and gorgeous clothes and masks, the book is a sequel … Continue reading →

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Venice – gay history

Posted on July 29, 2013 by Joy Lynn Fielding

A couple of months ago, I wrote a post for the excellent series about gay history on the Manlove Authors website. With Carnevale, the first in my Venetian series, being published tomorrow, it occurs to me it might be a … Continue reading →

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A new book, and gondoliers.

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Joy Lynn Fielding

While research into eighteenth century Venice was fun for its own sake, I’m delighted that Siren BookStrand have accepted the novella for which it was undertaken. Titled Carnevale, it’s due to be published on July 30th, and follows the fortunes … Continue reading →

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The rabbit holes of research

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Joy Lynn Fielding

One of my favourite parts of writing is research, because I never know where it’s going to take me. In the last two months, I’ve gone from reading up on the choke settings on a V8 engine to watching the … Continue reading →

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