The People's Friend

Blog posts featuring writing process, previews and research about Kitty-Lydia Dye's short stories, pocket novels and serials that have appeared in The People's Friend

The Country Maid Companion Blog Part 10 - Coming Home to Norwich

The last time Lady Marchant spoke to Grace personally, she had threatened to dismiss the maid without pay should she cause any further...

The Country Maid

kitldye

Aug 142 min read

The Country Maid Companion Blog Part Nine - The Dangers of Victorian Bathing Costumes

The sounds of children’s laughter and crying gulls were dulled by Grace’s hammering pulse. Rebecca had yet to surface. Catastrophe...

The Country Maid

kitldye

Aug 142 min read

The Country Maid Companion Blog Part Eight - Victorian Seaside Jollies

Part 8 of The Country Maid has hit supermarket shelves. This time, we’re leaving Norwich for a Victorian day out at the seaside. ...

The Country Maid

kitldye

Jul 264 min read

Lavender and Leeches - What Did A Victorian Pharmacy Offer?

As a lookback on my past works, this blog post is going to focus on my short story Lavender and Leeches. This was previously published in...

The Wherryman's Daughter

kitldye

Jul 225 min read