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Ramsgate Excerpt & Help Me Choose My Title!

Happy Monday, Janeites!  I do hope your July is starting out with a bang! To paraphrase Mansfield Park, ‘Life has been a succession of busy nothings’ for the last week, and it’s just what I needed to recharge my batteries! I have completed two more chapters on my upcoming novella, and it’s taking shape better …

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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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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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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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Allow Me to Tell You: Cover Reveal + Giveaway

Allow Me to Tell you Cover Reveal white page

I’ve been waiting impatiently for my new full-length novel Allow Me to Tell You to be ready for release, and we’re finally there. I’m just waiting for final edits from my Beta readers to arrive, and then I’m be ready to press publish. 😀 Here’s the description for Allow Me to Tell You When Fitzwilliam …

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