Govi asked K.M. Weiland:

Just finished Wayfarer (very fun by the way!) and I was really impressed with the amount of research you must have done just to write the dialogue. I've been searching for sources for historic speech also, but have not had much luck. Is there a special resource somewhere that you can point your fans to, or did you do most of that research using novels of that period?

K.M. Weiland Thanks for your note! I'm so glad you enjoyed Wayfarer. That makes my day! :)

A couple things influenced my use of period language in the book.

One was just a life-long immersion in books of the period, both historical and classical.

Beyond that, I took special note while in research mode of period-specific words and phrases. I ran universal find/replace searches for straight-up switches (e.g., "by the bye" for "by the way" or "betwixt" for "between"). I also kept a list of words and phrases in my research notes, which I referred to regularly to refresh my memory.

Finally, I found this "Regency Lexicon" to be invaluable: http://www.regencyassemblypress.com/R... Whenever I felt in need of more color or accuracy in my language, I referred to this to see if I could come up with a proper alternative.

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