Blood on sink by winnond, courtesy of freedigitalphotos.net

This week I’ve been back at work after a lovely two weeks off in which I got a huge amount of work done on the WIP (but didn’t finish it – boo.) One of the pleasures of writing is all the bits and bobs of interesting research I get to do. This can vary from a quick check on Google images to make sure I’ve got a thing right in my mind’s eye, to a two hour rabbit hole from which I emerge blinking and cursing myself. Research topics over the last week have included:

• Interior decoration of 18th Century upmarket London brothels (see my post on floor coverings)
• Greek myths, particularly in relation to the Trojan War
• Medieval herbal remedies (now I know what dragon’s blood is)
• The history of medical treatment for certain ailments (did you know incubus started out as a digestive complaint? Not a demon in sight.)
• Baths in the Georgian/Regency era (thank you, Mr Darcy)
• 18th Century architecture in Clerkenwell, London
• 18th Century firearms
• Christ’s temptation in the desert
• The effect of varying degrees of blood loss on the human body.

And now, this :

What a handy little chart.