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The Latest On-Dits
An "on-dit" is a rumor, or a piece of gossip; coming from the French "on dit," meaning "they say," or "it is said."
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Publishing’s Marriage Mart
Submitting to agents is much like being thrown on the Marriage Mart.
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Knitting, Netting, Knotting, Needlework
"There was a great deal of needlework to be done, moreover, in which her help was wanted." (from Mansfield Park by Jane Austen)
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Heat, Smoke, and Slavery
Thousands of climbing boys died each year from burns, suffocation, chimney collapse, or cancer, but this didn't bother their masters. There were always more orphans.
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Demystifying Japan
I thought I knew what a Japan cabinet was, but it turned out that I really had no idea.
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Crossed and Recrossed
"As Miss Fishguard, in a conscientious determination to save Kitty the cost of receiving a second sheet, had crossed her lines closely, the task of deciphering the whole was very nearly impossible." (from Cotillion by Georgette Heyer)
