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This blog is just to record my experience of writing a story. That is something I have wanted to do all my life. I guess it is now or never.

I am just doing it for fun. I do not really intend to publish it. Mind you, I shall give that a try if I ever get it finished :).

The blog is only intended for me to keep a diary of my thoughts and for some of my close friends, especially those at the Richmond Writers' Circle (bless them for their patience).

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If you are, like me, attempting to write your first novel, please share the ups and downs.

Friday, 24 February 2012

Edwardian refrigeration

Not a whole lot done today, I'm afraid. Y objected to Eliza opening a bottle of champagne in Scene 4 that appeared to come from nowhere. This is one of the dilemmas I face writing. I know I'm supposed to prune verbiage back to the essentials but also (Y says) avoid loose ends that puzzle the reader. The upshot was that I spent a chunk of the day doing research. (Teddington Library is amazingly good!) So now I know about Edwardian refrigeration as it related to champagne. As so often happens the research led to very little. Apparently a big house would have a cellar with blocks of ice. So I just resorted to an 'ice cabinet' seeing as how my scene was in the roof of the Albert Hall. If I do ever publish this, and once published it is ever read, I'm sure I will have every historical anomaly dragged out like bleeding intestines before my eyes!
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