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We Have Mary King to Thank – Part 10
We Have Mary King to Thank – Part 10, by Jack Caldwell Greetings, everyone. Jack Caldwell here. Well, it’s been a lot of fun writing this thing. I hope you’ve enjoyed it. Meanwhile, I’ve got to get cracking on my next work for publishing, BROTHER OF THE BRIDE. So, back to the grindstone for me! …
Launch Day & Giveaway for So Material a Change
Chapter One Chapter Two, Part 1 Chapter Two, Part 2 Hope you enjoy! So Material a Change is NOW AVAILABLE in ebook, paperback and audiobook formats! To celebrate, I am going to give away 3 copies of (your choice) ebook or audiobook based on comments below. If you’ve commented on a previous post, I’ll include …
New Book!
It’s finally here! Book 2 of The Elopement Project is available for pre-order on Amazon now. Click here for US store, here for the UK. In this story, Lydia and Wickham are foiled before they get too far into their elopement. Now that she is physically safe, what is to be done with Lydia? She …
We Have Mary King to Thank – Part 9
We Have Mary King to Thank – Part 9, by Jack Caldwell Greetings, everyone. Jack Caldwell here. I hope you enjoyed your time off last week. I’m back with the penultimate chapter of this novella. We’re back in Hertfordshire, where many questions will be answered. Somehow, I think you’re gonna like this offering. Just a …
A Good Harvest
Hello again! Well, ’tis the season to pick apples and blackberries and plums and make jams, cakes and crumbles, but this post is about a different sort of harvest. This summer, my family and I went walking in Derbyshire again. While we were there I did my best to keep my camera in my pocket …
So Material a Change-Chapter 2, part 2
Its hard to believe its already the end of September (cold weather is coming, boo!) but then comes my favorites time of the year, the holidays! So hopefully you won’t be too tired of me after So Material a Change because I have a holiday novella coming along as well. Heart Enough is now on …
A Longbourn Entanglement: Release day + challenge + giveaway
The novella is now live on Amazon, and I really can’t wait to share it with all of you. I’m dying to know what you think! If you’ve read Fortune and Felicity, you’ll discover quickly that the two stories are pretty different. For one thing, A Longbourn Entanglement is quite absurd. For another, a great …
Chapter 1 – His Perfect Gift
Happy Friday! I’ve been busy fixing up my house as well as proofing the audiobook for Rain and Retribution, which is extremely close to being submitted for approval. In the meantime, I hope you’re ready for the holidays because I have a Christmas story I’m prepping to come out next month. I don’t have a …
Mary Crawford’s Harvest by Diana Birchall
The only mention of the word harvest in Jane Austen’s major novels, as far as I can discover, takes place in Mansfield Park. Not surprisingly, her “harvest scene” provides us with another opportunity to observe the cleverness and deliberation with which Jane Austen reveals her characters through subtle details. Each of the two paragraphs …
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