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Weekend Writing Warriors #90

 

I thought I had completely missed joining this blog hop, and had a bit of a panic moment. Almost a 'my bad' moment. Life has a funny way of intruding and before you blink twice, the week is almost over. Ah, well, if that is the only thing I can complain about, I have a pretty good life.

Anyway, we shall continue with an excerpt from A Rose By Any Other Name. We left off with:

Father found me injured and bedraggled in the river Derwent and claimed me as his own. That is, until… if… we ever find my...

Tuesday Tidbit ~ Entails

Luckington Estate - more fondly known by fans of Jane Austen as Longbourn

I do believe I heard your eye roll, dear reader when you saw the title. What a dreadfully boring subject, but one that is vital to the story of Pride & Prejudice and the beleaguered Bennet family with five unmarried daughters. Miss Austen also saw fit to add entails to Sir Walter Elliot's property in Persuasion as well as the Dashwood's estate in Sense & Sensibility. 

Mr. Dashwood was upset because he could not cut down the ...

Happy Canada Day

Today is July 1 and we, in Canada, celebrate the 'birth' of our country. Hamburgers will be cooked. Potatoe salad will be eaten, and I'm fairly certain a glass of wine might find its way into my hand. What are your plans?

 

And of this place, I might have been Mistress

"And of this place," thought she, "I might have been mistress."

This was the musing of one Miss Elizabeth Bennet as she toured the grand house of Pemberley. Words in italics are direct quotes from Pride and Prejudice.

Pemberley is the ancestral home of the Darcy Family, currently overseen by Fitzwilliam Darcy, and includes a great house and large estate in Derbyshire. Based on both Darcy and Mrs. Gardiner’s recollections, Pemberley’s closest town is likely (fictional) Lambton, though it must also ...

WEEKEND WRITING WARRIORS #89

Hello friends, I am starting a new story and I am thrilled you are here for the first of many snippets prior to publication, which I hope will be sometime this Autumn. Without further ado, here is the opening of A Rose by Any Other Name.

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The first memory of my re-birth was of mind-numbing cold. It settled into my bones, into my very soul, and I could not stop shaking. The second memory was the voice of Father, calling for someone to help him pull me from the water. How I got into the rive...

JAFF BONANZA!

As I told you earlier in the week, Friday, June 28 is a banner day for readers of #JAFF as 58 Austenite authors have banded together to provide a one-day blowout of your favourite books. Now, here's the other fabulous piece of news. TODAY you can take a sneak peak and make a list of what you want to download.

Click HERE to take you to #JAFF Nirvana.

So, strap on your virtual runners and get going. What are you waiting for???

Orange Banners Abound!

 Today, May 29, 2024, this is the sight that greeted me when I took a look at my latest release, The Wager , on Amazon. I have never had this happen before and I am thrilled, humbled, and gobsmacked. Thank you to all my lovely readers. Without you, this could never happen. You are the best!

Coming June 28

 

What is the one thing avid Jane Austen Fan Fiction readers like the most? The easy answer is - anything written about Jane Austen's beloved characters. But... what would you say if you knew you could get a boatload of JAFF books for free?

That got your interest, didn't it?

The good news is this. On June 28, a plethora - I really like that word - a plethora of JAFF authors will band together for a one-day extravaganza and you, my friend, can be among the lucky participants. On that day, a link wil...

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