Dear Maude Trilogy | Denise Liebig

Silent Films... Or Were They?

Silent films and the era in which they were popular (approx. 1891-1927) have fascinated many. But have you ever wondered what it would be...

Off the Rack: A Time Traveler's Closet

What girl wouldn’t want a few extra clothes; especially at someone else’s expense? How about a closet full of them? In Dear Maude, Emily...

It's Music, Music, Music!

Some say love is the universal language. I happen to believe that music is, because, despite the language a song is written in or how...

The Art of Change

Fauvism, Cubism, Futurism were all the rage in 1910. Think Picasso and Matisse, and you’ll have a good idea of what the art world looked...

Timeless Vehicles Repurposed in The Dear Maude Trilogy

In time travel fiction, something—a machine, a watch, a phone booth, standing stones, etc.—transports the character(s) back in time. For...

Dis-ease in The Dear Maude Trilogy

From Typhoid Fever to the Spanish Influenza, early twentieth-century diseases were widespread, often pandemics, which affected young and...

Riding Sidesaddle: Why Not Face the World Head-on?

In Dear Maude, Emily Stanton’s training involves the popular pursuits of a 1910 lady of society, including riding sidesaddle. For those...

Not the Dreaded Corset!

Corsets top Emily Stanton’s lists of avoidable undergarments in Dear Maude, For the Love of Maude, and Forever Maude, the books of The...

Where is St. Helens, Oregon & Why is Emily from There?

In Dear Maude, Book 1 of The Dear Maude Trilogy, the protagonist, Emily Stanton, is from St. Helens, a rural town just outside Portland,...