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Ever wonder what cars looked like in the late 1890's and at the turn of the century? This old car is a 1901 De Dion - Bouton. It is on display at the National Automobile Museum in Reno, NV. It is so fascinating to walk through and see the progression from the past to the modern.

This is a wedding dress worn in 1881. It is on display at the National Automobile Museum in Reno, NV.

NCP Authors: More on rejections More on the conversation about rejections that started a few days ago at NCP Blog. Writer Pseudonym and Character Name Results Authors talking about names. The links that started this conversation are posted as well.

Take me to your Leda legendsandlore.blogspot.com confessions of a mild-mannered mythologist The author posts small articles and links to other websites with more information. It looks like it would be a very handy tool for romance authors, or any authors for that matter. There is a link to Legends & Lore eZine . tags: mythology , writing research , research , Writing

POD People : "Technologies like Print-on-Demand have provided almost everyone with the opportunity to release a book. This has proved to be something of a mixed blessing. We, the POD People, will try to shine a light into the murky darkness. Stay tuned for news, reviews and our own unique view of what is happening in the world of self-publishing." tags: ebooks , E-Books , E-books other digipubs , book-reviews , Book Reviews , Books , Reviews , self publishing , Self-Publishing , Book Writing

On Writing & Publishing by Robin D. Owens: Maps This question came up among some romance authors looking to create maps for their fantasy and futuristic worlds. I just wanted to save this post. Robin Owens has more on her blog this week about craft. tags: world building , world-building , Writing

http://brendawilliamson.com/research.htm Brenda William's list of Romance Writer Research Links isn't a new page for me, but don't recall having brought it up here before. I like to revisit pages from time to time. This time this one caught my eye: Aleutian's Home Page http://www.hlswilliwaw.com/aleutians/ The Aleutian Chain isn't an area of Alaska that I've spent much time. I lived at the start of the chain in Bristol Bay for years, but I never even got down to the Chigniks. Today on my blog I mentioned a biography that I've got in my TBR pile. It is called Glacier Pilot, and is the story of Bob Reeve, the founder of Reeve Aleutian Airways. You'll never find in the history books that he gave my mother her little dog Bootsin -- you'll have to find that here .