Nina Rowan

Nina Rowan has asked me to help her as an editor, sounding board, and research assistant. Nina plans to write a five-book series set in Victorian England using the five gorgeous, intriguing, sexy members of the Hall family as the central characters. I’m having a lot of fun finding amusements in Victorian London for them [...]

Joanna Bourne

I am so thrilled to announce that RITA award-winner Joanna Bourne has asked me to help her with some fact-checking for her new book . Joanna is a fellow francophile, and shares my enthusiasm for discussing word usage ad infinitum, or, to some, ad nauseum.

But you see what this means, don’t you? I get [...]

Contemporary voice in a historical novel – from the Eloisa James & Julia Quinn BB

I’m currently writing a romance set in 1821 and I’ve been getting conflicting advice from people who are also writers, but who don’t necessarily read/write in this genre. I’ve gotten reviews that the dialogue and internal thinking is spot-on, but others feel that my characters are too “modern” in their thinking. My question for you [...]

A nice way to start the holiday weekend.

[Also posted on the Editor & Researcher page]
Courtney Milan wrote this about me:
Franzeca is thorough, intelligent, and well-informed.  She is like a one-woman army of research assistants, and she comes equipped with an exhaustive knowledge of historical times, an unerring sense for period language, and a copy-editor’s feel for smooth prose.  She is a perfectionist, [...]

Courtney Milan

I am so excited that Courtney Milan has asked me to help prepare her book, Proof by Seduction, for publication by HQN in the fall of 2009. I’ve just started dipping into it, and, wow! It’s fabulous. It’s funny and sensual and vastly entertaining. There’s an intriguing premise, plenty of humor, some bittersweet pathos, and [...]

Six Favorite Reference Books

(These were initially posted on Romancenovel.tv in Summer 2007.  I’m reposting them here, as they are no longer available there.)
Okay. Here’s the start of my bibliography. I’m not saying you need to buy these books, or even use them. I’m saying I’ve found them helpful. I always like to work with a book before buying [...]