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A P&P Modern Short Story, Part Three

Greetings, friends! Long, long ago (in March), I posted the first part of a modern P&P short story. I began the project as a way to get out of my writing rut. While I can’t say I’ve accomplished that particular feat, I have managed to write another installment of the story! If you’d like to …

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Happy 10th Birthday, “Return to Longbourn”!

Return to Longbourn is 10 years old, and I want to celebrate with a short story, games, and prizes! I’ll never forget the fun I had writing this book, even though (or actually, especially because) it didn’t go at all the way I had planned. I set out to following up my first very successful …

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Just the Day for a Wedding!

Greetings, friends! I have emerged from the other side of my term in the classroom. My students were fun, as always – but they sure kept me busy grading papers and developing lesson plans! I am back this month with two posts, both related to our monthly theme: today, I’ll post “Just the Day for …

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A Matter of Prudence: new book announcement!

Hello everyone! I’m pleased to announce that I have a new book coming out soon in just about ten weeks. Woohoo! It is titled A Matter of Prudence, and it is a Pride and Prejudice variation. Let’s start with the blurb. ∞∞∞ He could hardly stop thinking of Elizabeth, and no longer tried to convince …

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William, Fitzwilliam, and Fitzwilliam

Is it possible to have too many Williams? I like the name – very much, in fact. Even so, there ought to be a limit as to number. One thing I’ve learned as a novelist is that you shouldn’t confuse your readers with character names that are too similar. If you’ve already got a Terry …

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Its release day! A Folly of Youth is now available!

Its release day for A Folly of Youth! You can get it at Amazon (read for free if you are a KU subscriber!) but before you go–hope you enjoy this excerpt! A little drabble from the substory, wherein Saye does his darnedest to make Lilly love him! Saye stood in the Upper Rooms with Darcy—who …

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Excerpt from Chapter 2 of “Ramsgate”

    Hello, Janeites! Happy May! I hope your year has been going wonderfully, and will continue to bring you joy! As a busy mom of three handsome boys (I’m biased, I know), sometimes things get lost in the shuffle, and I go into cruise control. There are things that we know will happen with …

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Book birthdays

Hello everyone! In April, I celebrate two book birthdays: The Recovery of Fitzwilliam Darcy (2021) and The Marriage Bargain (2022). Coincidentally, these are the books in which I altered Darcy’s circumstances the most. I find it an interesting exercise to alter the family dynamics of either Elizabeth or Darcy (or, why not, both!) and see …

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Allow Me to Tell You: Release Day + Giveaway!

It’s release day!! Well, it was meant to be release day on April 20th, but Amazon gave me a little surprise by publishing early!  😀 To celebrate, I’ll be gifting TWO e-book copies to TWO LUCKY WINNERS! Just leave a message below letting me what you enjoy most about Darcy and Elizabeth’s interactions in Rosings. …

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Spring Short Story, Part Two

Greetings! Today I’m posting the second part of a short story I started in March. As I mentioned in the last post, I began this story as a way to accomplish two goals: 1.) I wanted to give myself a fun writing challenge (especially because I’m struggling with writing these days!); and 2.) I hoped …

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