Welcome back to History Undressed, guest author Terry Spear! Today, she's talking about one of my favorite genres: Time Travel. And she's taking us on an adventure! I hope you enjoy her post as much as I did! On lucky commenter (USA Only) will win a copy of Ms. Spear's book, A GHOST OF A CHANCE AT LOVE.
Time Travel Fun!
By Terry Spear
So you want
to time travel back to the 1870’s? Good for you. Let’s go!
Wait! First,
there are rules. No taking back stuff that wasn’t made in the earlier time. You
don’t want to upset the known world back then, do you?
Years ago
when games were first being made for the computer, I played a neat time travel
game where the player could take back items, like a comb, that had been made in
ancient times. But anything that was a more recent development, the player
would lose if she took it with her on the journey. It was amazing to me how
early some items had been made, and how recent others were.
So when we
take this trip back to Texas in the 1870’s, remember this:
No cell
phones, no laptops, no flip flops or T-shirts. No pants, no shorts, no bikinis
or halter tops either. Hide those pierced ears, or any other piercings you
might have! Tattoos are out. Unless you’re a pirate. No bras, no pantyhose, no silky
panties either.
Still with
me?
It’s hot in
Texas and what do we have to wear?
Long
dresses, petticoats, corsets, and pantaloons, short boots and stockings.
Are you
still coming?
Remember
your parasol, a fan, and fringed purse for the ride.
Don’t wear
much makeup or you might be taken for a lady of ill repute.
And for
goodness sakes, if you’re a grown woman, not a little girl, your dress must
cover your ankles and your hair must be UP. Very important.
Why? Long
hair and bare ankles are just too sexy for men to witness without them…getting
ideas.
Yeah, I
know, I totally agree how silly this sounds, but I didn’t make the rules!
So we’ve
picked out some authentic looking clothes, have our hair up, no nail polish,
and makeup is non-existent, to a barely-there look, and we’re ready to go.
Right?
Wait!
Money!!! Even though bartering was an accepted practice, we definitely don’t
have anything to barter with, ahem, that we would be willing to barter with, so
money can help. No credit cards, debit cards or writing checks either.
Although, sure, checks were written back then, but they wouldn’t look like OUR
checks! Did you know that the routing number on checks came into existent after
a man stole so many payroll checks and then after they caught him, he helped
the banking institution to stop people like him from robbing companies blind by
coming up with the routing number?
So we’ll
have to find some old money to tide us over. Which can get pretty costly, but
we’re game, right?
The money’s
tucked into our fringed purse…wait, I know it’s already hot out, but we have to
wear some gloves, and we’re off. Well, no, we need smelling salts for when
we’re overcome from the heat, the clothes, and the corsets binding us! Then
we’re ready!
The great
part in going to the past is that there are more men out here in the west who
are dying to have themselves a woman.
I won’t say
whether they’re a great catch themselves, or how hardy you have to be to last
out here, or how much fun you might really have…
Remember,
we’re here just to witness how things were done in the old west—not like the
movie versions, and then, well, if we can wrangle some hot guy who still
treated a woman like a woman and wanted to bring him with us into the future,
that might work!
But what if
you decided you liked the old way of life, found the rancher of your dreams, a
family you could love, and wanted to stay? That could work too! And you might
even slip some of those lacy bras and sexy silky panties under your long gowns
for when you’re alone with your man.
So anyone
game?
Thanks so
much, Eliza, for having me, and hope everyone had fun dropping by to see what
time travel might be like to the 1870’s in a small western town in Texas!
Terry Spear
“Giving new
meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy IS reality.”
A Ghost of a Chance at Love
Lisa Welsh only wishes to leave a messy divorce behind for a couple of days stay in Salado, Texas but wakes to nightmares and a cowboy in her bed, and she has no earthly idea how he got there. But the situation gets worse when she learns she's now living in 19th Century Salado. Even more worrisome is the tall dark stranger, and everyone else in town believes she's some woman named Josephine Rogers who is supposed to be dead. Jack Stanton can't believe the clerk gave him an occupied room at the Shady Villa Inn, but worse, he was ready to ravage the woman in that bed-until he realized his mistake. Now the woman he thinks is Josephine claims to be some other woman-and though he could never abide by Josephine's fickle ways, this Lisa Welsh intrigues him like no other. Still, if she isn't Josephine, he figures he best help her find her way back to where she really belongs no matter how much he wants to keep her with him. Together, Lisa and Jack must solve the mysteries and face the troubles in their worlds or they will never be free to share the love that binds them across the ages.
About the Author...
Award-winning author of urban fantasy and medieval historical romantic suspense, HEART OF THE WOLF named in Publishers Weekly's BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR, NOR Reader Choice for BEST PARANORMAL ROMANCE.
Terry Spear also writes true stories for adult and young adult audiences. She's a retired lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves and has an MBA from Monmouth University and a Bachelors in Business and Distinguished Military Graduate of West Texas A & M. She also creates award-winning teddy bears, Wilde & Woolly Bears, to include personalized bears designed to commemorate authors' books. When she's not writing or making bears, she's teaching online writing courses.
