Now it’s Mr. Bingley’s turn! October 7, 1811 In a few days Mr. Bingley returned Mr. Bennet’s visit, and sat about ten minutes with him in his library. – Pride & Prejudice Five days had passed since Mr. Bennet had called on Mr. Bingley at Netherfield Park. The delay in returning the gentleman’s call was …
Have you ever participated in a “progressive dinner”? It was a fun, social thing they did back in the day – church groups, etc.. You all ate the appetizer at one person’s house. Then you moved on as a group to somebody else’s for the salad, then the main course at a third place, and …
What did Mr. Bennet say to Mr. Bingley when he called at Netherfield? October 3, 1811 Mr. Bennet was among the earliest of those who waited on Mr. Bingley…though to the last always assuring his wife that he should not go; and till the evening after the visit was paid, she had no knowledge of …
It’s release day for my latest novella, Mrs Bennet Makes a Match! 🥳 To help celebrate, I’m sharing a snippet from Chapter 2. I posted an excerpt (Chapter 1) previously; you can find it here. In this segment of the second chapter, Mr Darcy and Mr Bingley have come to dinner, and the party is …
Hello friends! I’m looking out of the window at the leaves turning color and I’m reminded that autumn is coming. Where did the summer go? Yikes! I suppose I was too busy working on Traces of Magic to notice the transition! I’m a summer baby, which is probably why summer is my favorite season. Every …
Greetings, friends! It’s almost the end of a “scandalous September.” (Did you do anything scandalous this month? For my part, I turned another year older…very scandalous indeed!) In March, I began an untitled P&P short story to help me get out of a writing funk. Now, as we approach October, I have finally finished! (Well, there’s …
Hey all, I have a new novella coming soon (well, it’s 45K words, so not sure if its a novella or a mini novel but you get the point, haha!). Wits & Wagers is currently available for preorder will be out at the end of November. In the meantime I hope you enjoy an excerpt …
I come with AAAALLLLL kinds of announcements today. First! I must pay off some arrears of civilities. I had never gone back to announce the winners of the drawings for my last two posts. Bad author! So, I have some ebooks to give away right off the top. My randomizer (my 17-year-old son) plucked some …
Mrs. Bennet Tells All, by Jack Caldwell Greetings everyone. Jack Caldwell here. One of the most enduring tropes in JAFF is the unfeeling, slightly cruel, and stupid Mrs. Bennet. Taking a bit from the novel and a lot from the P&P 1995 adaptation, there is a belief that Mrs. Bennet hates her second daughter and …
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