Lately quite a few of the books I’m writing have science minded characters. Sometimes they are engineers or inventors. I love smart characters, what can I say. I’ve started doing some research and found fun facts about when things came about. In book two of The Everton Domestic Society, A Lady’s Escape, Millicent’s Uncle Francis is laughed at by the ton for being a mad scientist. He often blows up his lab or smokes out the house. Hence, Millie’s need to escape. So, what kind of facts have I discovered? For example: the vaccine for Smallpox was an idea planted … Continue reading →