As you might have guessed, this is not a picture of the UK!!! I’ll explain below! Welcome again as part of our January 2021 Retrospective and Prospective. We talked about having this series this January because last year was such a rollercoaster of a year that it seemed a good idea to remind our readers …
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Retrospective: Looking Back at Our 2020 Releases
Happy New Year! 2020 was a very difficult year for everyone, so I think it’s important for us to celebrate the achievement of all the authors who were somehow able to make their way through writing a book (or more than one, as it so happens!). It is no mean feat, I can tell you, …
Pugilism: Boxing, Diversity, and Mr. Darcy
“A gentleman only uses his hands to defend himself, and not to attack; we call the pugilistic art, for that reason, the noble science of defence.” Bill Richmond If you’ve read Georgette Heyer’s Regency novels, or Regency novels in general, you’ll recognize a situation where the heroine arrives at an inn only to find all …
Launch Day! Fortune and Felicity
It’s finally here!! It seems like it was a very long journey for this Pride and Prejudice what-if variation, which was written during difficult circumstances for me and, more recently, for the whole world. I can hardly believe the project has finally come to fruition! I’m wiping away a little tear from my eye. Fortune …
Hot Cross Buns: A Good Friday Tradition
Well it’s Good Friday, and it’s time for the mouth-watering taste of a hot cross bun, something Jane Austen would have eaten for breakfast on this very day. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to go to the shops because of lockdown, so I can’t have any this year, and I couldn’t bake them because I’m …
Cover Reveal: Fortune and Felicity
Well, we all knew this day was coming. I won’t be posting a new chapter this week. Instead, I have some great news for you. Fortune & Felicity is now available for Pre-order on Amazon here!!! And I’m having a pre-release special sale price for $2.99, which will last until publication day. I’m also very …
Excerpt from my Work in Progress: Fortune and Felicity -6
Hello again. I hope everyone’s at home [if they can be] and keeping safe in these tough times. A big virtual hug to all of you who are feeling isolated and need a bit of cheering. The anticipation is over. Elizabeth has an interview with Darcy. But how will the encounter go? A lot is …
Excerpt from my Work in Progress: Fortune and Felicity – episode 5
There has been a lot of speculation about how Elizabeth and Darcy will get together. I think this chapter will answer the question. Meanwhile, if you haven’t been following the story, you can read the Prologue, Chapter 1, Chapter 2 and Chapter 3 here. Chapter 4 It was not a good time for her …
Excerpt from my Work in Progess: Fortune and Felicity – Episode 4
As many of you guessed, Darcy didn’t turn into a playboy overnight!!! If you haven’t been following the story, you can read the Prologue, Chapter 1, and Chapter 2 here. Meanwhile, for those of you have been with me from the beginning, sit back and enjoy. Chapter 3 It did not take long for …
Excerpt from My Work in Progress: Fortune and Felicity – 3
As promised, here is the third episode of the new book I’m working on, Fortune & Felicity. If you haven’t read the first two episodes, you can catch up with the Prologue here, and Chapter 1 here. Chapter 2 Elizabeth winced with pain as she stepped on a tin soldier left in the hallway by …
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