The Regency Plume

NOTICE: This page is an ad for a journal that you can't get on the web and can't get in stores or at most libraries. I, Dr. Cathy Decker, personally find it an extremely useful and enjoyable source. This page is a free promotion of a valuable resource for those interested in research and creative writing on the Regency period. The University of California, Riverside, has no connection with this journal and does not have any stance upon its content.

The Regency Plume is one of the world's best secrets! All your favorite regency romance authors write articles for the Plume! It is what regency romance writers read themselves! The The Regency Plume is not available online,and its editor, regency romance writer Marilyn Clay, is a strong advocate of paper publishing. To get the Plume, send your name, address, and $17.00 for one year or six issues (cost for US delivery; request prices, slightly higher, for Canadian and foreign delivery) to the following address.

The Regency Plume

Marilyn Clay, Publisher

711 D. Street NW

Ardmore, OK 73401

Here's a sample of the quality of articles in The Regency Plume!

"Cloaks, Capes, Pelisses and Spencers: Outerwear for Regency Ladies" by Kathy Hammel, reprinted from Marilyn Clay's The Regency Plume by permission of the author. Copyrighted to Kathy Hammel and Marilyn Clay.

Here's some of the fabulous back issues and special packages you can order from Marilyn!

Back issues vary in cost depending on the year published. Postage is required for these; send $1 dollar when you order five or less back issues, $2 when you order 12 or less back issues, and $3 when you order 13 or more back issues. Marilyn Clay asks that you list both the months and years of the issue.

"Regency Undergarments" by Cynthia Bailey-Pratt (published regency romance writer) [Request back issue Oct/Nov/Dec 1991 @ $4.00 per issue; same issue includes other articles by Marilyn Clay, Alicia Rasley, Dee Hendrickson, and Melissa Frederick]

"Regency Bird 'N Bees" by Margaret E. Porter on sexual conduct of the era (who has published many Signet Regencies) [Request back issue July/Aug 1992 @ $3.00 per issue; same issue includes other articles by Marilyn Clay and Anne Barbour]

"Cosmetics" by Jaclyn Reding and Sarah Starr on receipts and potions to whiten skin, erase freckles, and cure blemishes [Request back issue Jan/Feb 1995 @ $3.00 per issue; same issue includes other articles by Marilyn Clay, Gail Eastwood, and Kristine Hughes]

"Is Milady Receiving" by Jeanne Carmichael (a Zebra regency romance writer) on protocol for the proper use of calling cards; mourning calls, invitations, and visiting [Request back issue Sept/Oct 1995 @ $3.00 per issue; same issue includes other articles by Barbara Miller, Marilyn Clay, Sarah Starr, and Jo Beverley]

The Aspiring Author Packet which according to Marilyn "provides names, addresses and telephone numbers of every major publishing house, and agents who handle Regency and historical ms. Copies of actual rejection letters and what they mean. Tells how to query editors & agents; copies of actual query letters. Explains contracts, tells what parts are negotiable. Gives publishers guidelines, advice from published Regency authors Eileen Winwood, Mary Jo Putney, Carola Dunn, Phylis Warady, Monette Cummings, others" My price guide of 1996 lists the price at $11.75; I don't know if the price is still the same. This price includes postage.

Baubles & Necessities Pertaining to Her Ladyship "over 180 photos include such Regency-era items as silver tea caddies, tea caddy spoons, tea & coffee pots, period jewelry, sedan chairs, syllabub cup ..." My price guide of 1996 lists the price at $17.00; I don't know if the price is still the same. This price includes postage.

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