Regency List Addendum & Gallery

Our Riley flew out to Chicago to help her boyfriend drive back to Stetson (Deland, FL), where school started this week. On the way they stopped at a zoo and were in the process of taking a selfie when . . .

 Below, a real stunner, and unlikely it's fake. I once looked out my window in suburban Venice, FL, and saw a bobcat trotting across my backyard. This pic of a bobcat holding a good-sized iguana was taken in Ft Myers Beach by "Madge M."  (Ft. Myers is about 40 miles south of the Venice/Sarasota area on Florida's South-central Gulf Coast.)

And while we're in Florida, someone put together a list of the many names that linger from the original inhabitants (though a remarkable number of Florida Native Americans were newcomers—exiled to the swampy Seminole tribal lands by the federal government in the 19th c. Hmmm . . . somehow that has a familiar ring to it. Whatever the political implications, the names are fascinating and well deserve to be preserved in modern-day towns, rivers, lakes, etc.

Ending with a pic to make you smile . . .

 

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LIST OF REGENCY SUB-GENRES - 2025

With Expanded Descriptions 

 

From 2011-2020 this blog was primarily devoted to advice on Writing and Editing, aimed at newbie and wannabe authors. Continuing that tradition, I am adding an Addendum to the Regency Sub-genre series in order to add a few details about each sub-genre for the benefit of those who love the Regency Era but are still struggling to find their niche in this special market. Or for Regency authors interested in "breaking out" into a new twist on writing Regency.

  1.   Regency Romance - Traditional

Light stories of Romance with emphasis on family, social life; sparkling characters and clever dialogue; quiet humor; squeaky clean; settings—primarily London or an English country house.

  2.   Regency Romance - Trad/Comedy

Same as the above, but with more emphasis on humor, both in plot situations and dialogue. 

  3.   Regency Historical Romance - Action/Adventure

Longer and more serious than Trad Regencies, settings far-ranging; plots include dramatic situations, frequently featuring the long war with Napoleon. Sex ranges from behind-the-bedroom door to hot.

  4.   Regency Historical Romance - Gothic

Gothic novels have a few special rules:  the heroine needs to be isolated, to be threatened or think she is threatened. For that reason, many Gothics are written in First Person so readers see the story only through the heroine's eyes. Among other common Gothic nuances:  heroine fears the threat comes from her husband; a young child is involved. Sex levels the same as Action/Adventure.                                    

  5.   RHR - Paranormal 

My take on Regency Paranormal—this sub-genre includes ghosts, witches, and werewolves. And is frequently combined with Gothic or Action/Adventure.  

  6.   RHR - Inspirational

Emphasis on family, the challenges of life, service to others, religion. Squeaky clean to behind-closed doors.

  7.   RHR - Fantasy

Add fairies, elves, leprechauns, and other magical creatures to the Regency, and you have Regency Fantasy. Sex level from Squeaky Clean to Hot.             

  8.   RHR - Time-travel

We all understand the concept of Time-travel. I would only point out that for a Time-travel to be a Regency, the traveler needs to be dropped into the Regency world from another time. A person from the Regency Era traveling to, say, modern-day NYC, would qualify as Time-travel but NOT a Regency.

 9.   RHR - Darkside

This Sub-genre defies many of the basic precepts of the Regency Romance novel, its main characters taken from London's underbelly or from the lives of ordinary young women who did not get that precious Season in London, suffering forced marriages, abuse, etc. 

 10.  RHR - Steampunk

 Yes, it's possible to write a Regency featuring the very early days of Steampunk. (I only wrote one, but I thoroughly enjoyed doing it.) Research is required to make certain you don't put full-blown Victorian Steampunk into a Regency. (Yes, I know it's Alt History, but . . .)

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This week's featured book:

 Once again, Blair Bancroft's Regency finale, The Stone Soldier and the Lady. (Big announcement next week of what I'll be doing next.)

 

When the uncle of a six-year-old marquess threatens to take him from his widowed mother, as well as urge her to marry his rakish son, Victoire, Marchioness of Brynthorpe, hires a war-weary band of ex-soldiers as bodyguards. The resulting clash reverberates from Wiltshire to London as Captain Fox, the Stone Soldier, turns out to be far more than his military rank implies.
Violent conflict, an unexpected and rocky romance, close-held secrets—all to the tune of comments and advice from five resident phantoms. Yet even when our hero and heroine see sunny skies at last, one more problem rears its ugly head.

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Grace (Blair Bancroft)