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February 20, 2016
Sunshine Beach Cover Reveal
I’m so excited to be sharing the new Sunshine Beach cover!
Revisit Maddie, Avery, Nikki, and the rest of the Ten Beach Road cast.
Pre-order your copy today. Coming June 21, 2016!
READ AN EXCERPT.
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February 1, 2016
My Visit with the Dowager Countess
I hope you fellow Downton fans out there are enjoying Season 6 as much as I am. Lots going on including Dame Maggie at her best! Violet has had so many wonderful bon mots this year. Can’t get enough Violet? You may want to check out this video of her visit with me.
And P.S.–I have another 25 “Do Not Disturb I’m watching Downton Abbey” door hangers available. Send me your address via wendy@authorwendywax.com and I’ll get one out to you!
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January 28, 2016
My Visit with the Dowager Countess
I hope you fellow Downton fans out there are enjoying Season 6 as much as I am. Lots going on including Dame Maggie at her best! Violet has had so many wonderful bon mots this year. Can’t get enough Violet? You may want to check out this video of her visit with me.
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January 14, 2016
Throwback Thursday: Shades of Downton Abbey!
[image error]Like more than seven million other Americans, I’m in love with the wildly popular BBC/PBS drama Downton Abbey. Because of it, I only left my house on Sunday nights under duress during the season and learned how to master my DVR for those rare occasions when I had no choice.
I own the first five seasons on DVD and have been known to “retire”to the TV room for the occasional fix. So it’s probably not all that surprising that the series—and especially avid fans like me—found their way into my writing.
While We Were Watching Downton Abbey is a story about four strangers—three women and their building’s British concierge—who are brought together by Downton Abbey viewing parties and who forge unexpected bonds of friendship that see them through some of life’s hardest moments.
The book is dedicated to Julian Fellowes with thanks for creating such an incredible show, though I haven’t completely forgiven him for all the tears I’ve shed along the way. The writing, acting, costumes and magnificent setting always leave me wanting more.
One day it dawned on me that as unbelievably sumptuous as everything at Downton seems, it’s probably a good thing that I’m viewing it on television. Living in that place and time could be painful for someone as into immediate gratification as I am and could, in fact, require way more patience than most of us possess.
At a Georgia Public Radio Downton Gala.
Upstairs in your elegant boudoir when you realize you’re thirsty you would have to pull on a cord and wait for someone below stairs to respond to a bell that is well, downstairs.
Once it’s heard and the correct servant located, that servant will start making their way up numerous floors to see what it is you might require. There is no intercom to let them know what to bring with them, and I’m fairly certain that shouting your request down multiple flights of stairs would be frowned upon. Once the servant reaches you and you tell them that you would like something to drink, you will have to wait for them to go below stairs to retrieve it. This could take a while.
Me at, not living at, Downton Abbey a.k.a. Highclere Castle
Communicating with people outside of Downton won’t be that easy either.
The telephone was invented in the late 1870s. On Downton Abbey one is installed at the end of season one (roughly 1914) and it’s possible that Carson, the butler, is still practicing how best to answer the new fangled device.
By my reckoning, and math is not my strong suit, the series will have to span another eighty years or so before the cell phone, which most of us are not at all interested in living without, comes into regular use. If you’re living in or visiting Downton before then, you will not be texting the housekeeper Mrs. Hughes that you’d like a spot of tea. Or instant messaging Daisy to come up and stoke your fire. Nor will you be pinning photos of the clothing, furnishings and décor to Pinterest.
You will be ringing the bell I mentioned earlier. The one that someone will have to hear and then respond to. The one that’s, well, below stairs.
There are a lot of things that you will do less often and wait longer for.
Readers dressing Downton at a signing.
For example, it’s unlikely that you’ll be popping down to the kitchens to raid the refrigerator whenever you feel a bit peckish. And while this could be good for the waistline, it’s not so good for those of us who would rather hit a drive-through than assemble in the formal dining room to wait for the elaborate meals that will be cooked and then served to us by the staff.
Ready to retire? You’ll have to wait for someone to help you undress.
Want to bathe? Ring the bell. Then wait for someone to come up and draw your bath for you.
Would you like breakfast in bed? At Downton, if you’re a woman of this era, you’ll have to get married first.
As much as I’m thrilled to have Downton on again on Sunday nights –even if it IS the final season– I no longer think I have the patience required to actually live in that slower, more elegant time.
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Throwback Thursday: Shades of Downton Abbey!
Like more than seven million other Americans, I’m in love with the wildly popular BBC/PBS drama Downton Abbey. Because of it, I only left my house on Sunday nights under duress during the season and learned how to master my DVR for those rare occasions when I had no choice.
I own the first five seasons on DVD and have been known to “retire”to the TV room for the occasional fix. So it’s probably not all that surprising that the series—and especially avid fans like me—found their way into my writing.
While We Were Watching Downton Abbey is a story about four strangers—three women and their building’s British concierge—who are brought together by Downton Abbey viewing parties and who forge unexpected bonds of friendship that see them through some of life’s hardest moments.
The book is dedicated to Julian Fellowes with thanks for creating such an incredible show, though I haven’t completely forgiven him for all the tears I’ve shed along the way. The writing, acting, costumes and magnificent setting always leave me wanting more.
One day it dawned on me that as unbelievably sumptuous as everything at Downton seems, it’s probably a good thing that I’m viewing it on television. Living in that place and time could be painful for someone as into immediate gratification as I am and could, in fact, require way more patience than most of us possess.
At a Georgia Public Radio Downton Gala.
Upstairs in your elegant boudoir when you realize you’re thirsty you would have to pull on a cord and wait for someone below stairs to respond to a bell that is well, downstairs.
Once it’s heard and the correct servant located, that servant will start making their way up numerous floors to see what it is you might require. There is no intercom to let them know what to bring with them, and I’m fairly certain that shouting your request down multiple flights of stairs would be frowned upon. Once the servant reaches you and you tell them that you would like something to drink, you will have to wait for them to go below stairs to retrieve it. This could take a while.
Me at, not living at, Downton Abbey a.k.a. Highclere Castle
Communicating with people outside of Downton won’t be that easy either.
The telephone was invented in the late 1870s. On Downton Abbey one is installed at the end of season one (roughly 1914) and it’s possible that Carson, the butler, is still practicing how best to answer the new fangled device.
By my reckoning, and math is not my strong suit, the series will have to span another eighty years or so before the cell phone, which most of us are not at all interested in living without, comes into regular use. If you’re living in or visiting Downton before then, you will not be texting the housekeeper Mrs. Hughes that you’d like a spot of tea. Or instant messaging Daisy to come up and stoke your fire. Nor will you be pinning photos of the clothing, furnishings and décor to Pinterest.
You will be ringing the bell I mentioned earlier. The one that someone will have to hear and then respond to. The one that’s, well, below stairs.
There are a lot of things that you will do less often and wait longer for.
Readers dressing Downton at a signing.
For example, it’s unlikely that you’ll be popping down to the kitchens to raid the refrigerator whenever you feel a bit peckish. And while this could be good for the waistline, it’s not so good for those of us who would rather hit a drive-through than assemble in the formal dining room to wait for the elaborate meals that will be cooked and then served to us by the staff.
Ready to retire? You’ll have to wait for someone to help you undress.
Want to bathe? Ring the bell. Then wait for someone to come up and draw your bath for you.
Would you like breakfast in bed? At Downton, if you’re a woman of this era, you’ll have to get married first.
As much as I’m thrilled to have Downton on again on Sunday nights –even if it IS the final season– I no longer think I have the patience required to actually live in that slower, more elegant time.
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December 27, 2015
Friendship Forms Screening Downton Abbey
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Books-A-Million
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iBooks
Be prepared for Season 6 with a Do Not Disturb, I’m Watching Downton Abbey door hanger! Be among the first 25 to email your name and address to me at wendy@authorwendywax.com by midnight, December 30th and I’ll get one right out to you. Also, I’ll add everyone who responds to my email list to receive more While We Were Watching Downton Abbey updates as we watch the story unfold.
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December 16, 2015
November 11, 2015
Catch the new chapter of Christmas at the Beach free on Wattpad!
Chapter Three of Christmas at the Beach free on Wattpad.
As previously mentioned, my Ten Beach Road e-novella CHRISTMAS AT THE BEACH began being serialized for free on Wattpad beginning November 4th. It kicked off with the first two chapters and now chapter three is also up. I hope you’ll take advantage of this free read. If you haven’t already, just open a Wattpad account (no charge!) and check in every Wednesday at 3 pm for the next addition to the story. I’ve included the schedule and available links below.
CHRISTMAS AT THE BEACH, A Ten Beach Road Novella
Free on Wattpad!
November 18: Chapter 4
November 25: Chapter 5
December 2: Chapter 6
December 9: Chapter 7
December 16: Chapter 8
December 23: Surprise!
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Catch the new, free chapter of Christmas at the Beach on Wattpad!
Chapter Three is now available on Wattpad. As previously mentioned, my Ten Beach Road e-novella CHRISTMAS AT THE BEACH began being serialized for free on Wattpad beginning November 4th. It kicked off with the first two chapters and now chapter three is also up. I hope you’ll take advantage of this free read. If you haven’t already, just open a Wattpad account (no charge!) and check in every Wednesday at 3 pm for the next addition to the story. I’ve included the schedule and available links below.
CHRISTMAS AT THE BEACH, A Ten Beach Road Novella
Free on Wattpad!
November 18: Chapter 4
November 25: Chapter 5
December 2: Chapter 6
December 9: Chapter 7
December 16: Chapter 8
December 23: Surprise!
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November 4, 2015
CHRISTMAS AT THE BEACH Free on Wattpad!
Ten Beach Road news breaking today! I’ll be serializing my Ten Beach Road novella CHRISTMAS AT THE BEACH for free on Wattpad beginning today with two chapters. Just open a Wattpad account (no charge!) and check in every Wednesday at 3 pm for the next chapter in the story. Get started here with chapter one and chapter two. And, FYI, I’ve included the schedule below.
Though I didn’t plan it, I am, coincidentally, in Maddie, Avery and Nicole country right now—Pass-a-Grille–visiting friends and finishing up research for the next Ten Beach Road novel, Sunshine Beach (June 2016). Here are pics of the sunset I enjoyed just two days ago near Bella Flora, sans Cheese Doodles and tool belt.
Merry Reading!
CHRISTMAS AT THE BEACH, A Ten Beach Road Novella
Free on Wattpad!
November 4: Chapter 1-2
November 11: Chapter 3
November 18: Chapter 4
November 25: Chapter 5
December 2: Chapter 6
December 9: Chapter 7
December 16: Chapter 8
December 23: Surprise!
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