Starting from the beginning for a new project requires research. Even for someone like me who has read, literally, hundreds of books in the genre in which I will be writing.

**flourish** REGENCY ROMANCE **flourish**
When I first starting writing in 1997, I researched, sure, but I was vastly ignorant about many things. Yes, I have written Regencies, but nothing has surfaced in the world because I never felt my stories were publishable. They just weren't that good, as it happened.

This is not an uncommon state of affairs for me. I sometimes write just because the story is in my head and only later decide to share it. Indeed, my earliest published novels show a lot of my rough-hewn confidence and I only keep them available because some people have been kind enough to send me notes that they liked them.

So, I've learned things. Learned about the necessity to go full-on fictional sometimes, even when I try to be spot-on about details. So I am going to have to name a peerage with a totally fictional name. Jo Beverly, acclaimed Regency author, is a big Lord FictionalName proponent. She has tips on how to do so, even!

Clearly, Google Maps and I are going to be closely associating this week while I hammer out details for this new trilogy.

As teasers, after a fashion, I will tell you this:

The series takes place between 1812 and 1816. Various subjects will be covered in addition to romance. Issues like child labor, wounded war veterans, and living with a disability.

As I begin the research, I have tabs open on my browser and a doc open on the desktop. So far, the only words on it are the title of the first book and the word Prologue.

Maybe when I get past this, "What is this family going to be named, anyway?" phase, I'll give you an opening line! :)

Happy Monday!