Holly Newman

I write historical romance in the regency era because of Science Fiction Conventions.\n\nWhen attending Science Fiction Conventions I met people who read science fiction; but, also enjoyed the works of Jane Austen and Georgette Heyer, just as I did. They liked these books so much that they wore regency costumes at the science fiction convention. They even had regency era dancing on the convention program.\n\nThese Science Fiction readers and writers knew a lot about the regency era. Intrigued, I did my own research on the era and quickly went from being a casual regency reader to a regency history buff. After that, it was just a small step to writing regencies.\n\nI invite you to visit my blog at TheChairPear.com where I write about a typical author problem: \