How Elizabeth Survived the Playoffs Part 2

(This story is also known as: How Elizabeth Discovered JAFF) Hello everyone! I’m back with the second part of my story about how Elizabeth found JAFF—and survived the hockey playoffs. You can find the first part here. When I originally wrote this story, it was for a specific storyboard; I’ve modified it to be more …

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Rebirth and Rejuvenation: a Second Chance for Hope

Spring is my favorite season! It’s all about new life – baby animals (I saw a fawn just yesterday) and green growing things. The birds return from their winter latitudes and start to sing. And flowers begin blooming everywhere. It means I’ve made it through another winter, and I feel hopeful and rejuvenated. When I …

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Sneak Peek: Allow Me to Tell You

I’m currently revising a section from the ending of my novel, and as I was reading it one last time, it brought tears to my eyes. I must admit, I do like the journey D&E go through in this novel. I think they find out a lot about themselves as well as each other. Are …

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Coming Soon! A Folly of Youth

Hey there P&P fans! It feels like it’s been a very long time since my last release but I hope it’ll be worth the wait! The reveal will be here on April 12 and release day is May 8 and you can preorder it here! Special thanks to ❤️ Jeannette Kleman❤️ and ❤️ Paige Hale❤️ …

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An Endeavour to be Worthy is out on Audiobook!

Can you believe it’s March already? The beginning of this year has flown by! I am busy at work writing the last of A Gentleman of Worth, the second book of the Montford Cousins series, but today, I have the newly released audiobook of An Endeavour to be Worthy narrated by the fantastic Deborah Balm. …

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Sneak Peek: Allow Me to Tell You

Hello everyone, I would have like to put up some pictures of blossoms from my area in Surrey, but alas, spring has sent us a mixed bag of snow and cold winds, so there’s no chance of it.  But at least this section of the WIP has a spring setting — and a proposal. This …

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Plot Fluffles & Part 1 of How Elizabeth Survived the Playoffs

Hello everyone! I thought I’d do something a little different today and talk about plot bunnies. I won’t be giving away any hints about what I’m working on now—but rest assured, I have several things in the work—but rather share some of the fun I have with plot bunnies. So far, my problem isn’t an …

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The Luxury of Paper

Today, paper is quite literally something that grows on trees. It is abundant, disposable, and cheap, quite the opposite of the situation during Jane Austen’s day when paper was something of a luxury good This, and the cost of postage, explains why letters of Austen’s era were cross-written, sometimes three different times. A writer would …

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Youthful Fancies-The Adventures of the Gardiner Girls.

  Happy Tuesday, dear Janeites!  As we conclude the month of February, we reflect back on the joys of youth. Oh, to be young again; when one’s greatest concern was if mom had packed a Twinkie or Ding Dong in your lunch. When things were always much more dramatic in your mind than in reality. …

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When They Were Young in the Crescent City

When They Were Young in the Crescent City, by Jack Caldwell Greetings everyone. Jack Caldwell here. Sorry I’ve been gone for a while. I’m working on three projects at once, and we just got over Carnival Season and Mardi Gras. The theme for this month is When They Were Young. There is only one book …

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