As writers of historical fiction, how concerned are you with verbal anachronisms in your text? If it's an issue for you, how consistent are you with rooting out the metaphors & similes that post-date your setting? How much effort do you make to use vocabulary that belongs to your period and to avoid all the words that don't?
Mary Robinette Kowal posted an interesting piece a couple of years ago about her own vocabulary control issues for a novel set in 1815, including a long list of words she banished.
Mary Robinette Kowal posted an interesting piece a couple of years ago about her own vocabulary control issues for a novel set in 1815, including a long list of words she banished.