Precisely! Someday, when I have my own library (she says boldly), I will make a special section for writers of historical fiction, and collect all sorts of books with useful trivialities. Of course, my original solution was swearing never to write historical fiction... ha ha ha. :/
Ooh, I'll have to look into terraced housing -- especially as I'd probably be able to get some more concrete visual stuff. Whenever I Google for flats/apartments, I seem to get tenements and things. And they're all in New York, for some reason. I've been trying not to get attached or overly descriptive about any part of my characters' home, because I never really know if I'm getting it right.
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Date: 2009-09-05 12:57 am (UTC)Ooh, I'll have to look into terraced housing -- especially as I'd probably be able to get some more concrete visual stuff. Whenever I Google for flats/apartments, I seem to get tenements and things. And they're all in New York, for some reason. I've been trying not to get attached or overly descriptive about any part of my characters' home, because I never really know if I'm getting it right.