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C. P. Lesley, Novelist

A young woman with light brown hair and eyes, wearing a chemise and a brown corset, while tying her blue-gray skirt stares shyly at the artist painting her

A young woman with light brown hair and eyes, wearing a chemise and a brown corset, while tying her blue-gray skirt stares shyly at the artist painting her

Writing: Measuring the Past

Writing post about using clothing measurements to test old theories about a historical character

cplesley

May 84 min read

A young woman with long, unbound red-blonde hair and a white complexion, wearing full Tudor royal regalia and holding an orb and scepter; coronation portrait of Elizabeth I

A young woman with long, unbound red-blonde hair and a white complexion, wearing full Tudor royal regalia and holding an orb and scepter; coronation portrait of Elizabeth I

Writing: Those Darned Dates

On managing date sequences while writing historical fiction, with an example from the age of Elizabeth I and the author's own work in progress

cplesley

Apr 244 min read

Portrait of an Unknown Woman, 1590s, by the artist Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger, once believed to be Elizabeth I

Portrait of an Unknown Woman, 1590s, by the artist Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger, once believed to be Elizabeth I

Once a Historian

On using my skills as a historian to inform a standalone novel in progress

cplesley

Mar 125 min read

Buried Treasure, Part 2

Buried Treasure, Part 2

Buried Treasure, Part 2

More buried treasure from my Kindle library, here books by Erika Monahan, Marlowe Benn, Jessie Burton, and Debra Dean

cplesley

Nov 8, 20243 min read

Buried Treasure, Part 1

Buried Treasure, Part 1

Buried Treasure, Part 1

Buried treasure in books, unearthed from the depths of my Kindle library, here by Jane Johnson, Paullina Simons, and Xinru Liu.

cplesley

Nov 1, 20243 min read

Weaving a History of Silk

Weaving a History of Silk

Weaving a History of Silk

A glimpse into the history of wild silk and its possible relevance to my forthcoming novel, Song of the Silk Weaver

cplesley

Oct 11, 20244 min read

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