Happy Valentine’s Day! I have been an ostrich lately, plugging away at various projects. Some of them have to do with the fact that I spend an inordinate amount of time these days chasing teenagers around. For example, I “get” to spend all of Valentine’s Day Weekend acting as a bouncer for over two hundred …
Preview of Persuaded to Sail #3
Preview of PERSUADED TO SAIL, selections from Chapter 5 Greetings, everyone. Jack Caldwell here. Holy mackerel, I did it again. What happened to Chapter 4? The purpose of these previews Is to give you a taste of PERSUADED TO SAIL. I believe I have accomplished that. While Chapter 4 is a very interesting one, as …
Leap into Love – an Excerpt by Diana Birchall
In my newest novel, The Bride of Northanger, the hero and heroine, Henry Tilney and Catherine Morland respectively, are a romantic pair who have fought against many obstacles (mostly in the shape of his ogre-like father, General Tilney) on their path to love. This sequel to Northanger Abbey has plenty of Gothic thrills and mysteries, but …
Leap into Love ~ A Countdown Deal
St Valentine’s Day is coming, love is in the air and, as luck will have it, it’s a leap year. So what better way to celebrate our favourite couple and their Leap into Love than with romantic excerpts from our books and gifts for our readers? (Such a great idea, Jennifer!!) I think my readers …
Writing Routines (or How to Pull Yourself Out of a Writing Rut)
Well, it’s that time of year again—new year, new decade, clean slate. And for many people, that means goal-setting and resolutions. If you’re a writer (or if you’ve been thinking about starting a writing project), your goals might be something along the lines of: make more time for writing, finish that manuscript, write every day. …
Preview of Persuaded to Sail #2
Preview of PERSUADED TO SAIL, selections from Chapter 3 Greetings, everyone. Jack Caldwell here. For your reading pleasure, I am posting selected passages from my long-awaited sequel to Jane Austen’s Persuasion. PERSUADED TO SAIL begins immediately after the wedding of Captain Frederick Wentworth and Miss Anne Elliot. It also takes place after Napoleon Bonaparte’s shocking …
Persuasion Behind the Scenes Now Free
Persuasion Behind the Scenes is now FREE at all major book sellers! Have a peek at one of my favorite scenes that Austen never wrote. Anne and Lady Russell plan the wedding THE DRAWING ROOM IN Camden Place was by far the properest to receive Lady Russell for tea. But the room always felt cold …
Resolution
An excerpt for something I have been working on– the cover reveal and preorders are Feb 18th! Hope you enjoy it! ………………………………………………………………… It was two weeks before my wedding when by chance I saw him. Being exceedingly careful to keep myself in the shadows of the curtains, I peered out onto the street below. There …
The Cajun Cheesehead Celebrates Carnival
The Cajun Cheesehead Celebrates Carnival, by Jack Caldwell Greetings, everyone. Jack Caldwell here. In case you didn’t know, we’re in the middle of the Carnival Season here in Bayou Country. Of course, Carnival is celebrated in much of the Christian world: Europe, North and South America, and parts of Africa and Asia. Many erroneously call …
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