How are you all holding up? It’s a wild ride, that’s for sure. I thought you could do with a bit of laughter, so this is my very first crack at a modern Darcy and Elizabeth. (I said you could laugh, right?) You may even empathize with our dear couple’s struggles! Enjoy ! -NC “Lizzy! You’re …
Well, the lady I’ve been silently dancing with this winter has shown her face–and isn’t it a lovely face? Janet Taylor has taken my breath away yet again. I can’t get enough of this pretty lady. She has this wonderful mixture of mirth and sadness in her eyes and she looks exactly like I imagine …
Here’s the first chapter from my Pride & Prejudice variation Fortune & Felicity. It’s my second post, so if you haven’t read it yet, I would recommend reading the Prologue first. As you can see from the date, the actual story starts seven years after Darcy’s disastrous proposal at Hunsford. I will leave you to …
The month of love is almost over, but the scenes keep coming! I’m sharing a rather half-romantic scene. Well, it’s not actually romantic at all, except that it serves as a meet-cute for our dear couple and sets the stage for the beginning of their relationship in my newest book. Quirky? Yes. Irritating? He can …
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 …
I’ve been awfully quiet here lately, but if you’ve been following some of my Facebook posts, you’ll already know why. Today is the launch date of a brand new North and South anthology, Falling for Mr. Thornton! Both Melanie Stanford and I contributed, along with ten other fabulous authors. Some of them you already know …
A lovely summer’s day at Chawton House and Library in 2015. Picture the scene. Tea and biscuits; fans, academics, and actors from the 1995 series mingle. Twenty years on and the BBC Pride and Prejudice adaptation prompted passion, interest, and curiosity at this anniversary conference. I think that the Chawton House Trust could have sold …
Welcome to our Austen Variations Monthly Theme – Fantastical Austen! You will find just about anything goes this month! My one mash-up novel was ‘Pirates and Prejudice’ and I thought I would share an excerpt from it. How does one prepare to become a pirate, especially if you are the fastidious Fitzwilliam Darcy? When he …
Only a week to go until the A Matter of Honor is released! Meantime, here’s Chapter 4, where we finally hear Elizabeth’s point of view. Links to earlier chapters: Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3. I’ll be posting Chapter 5 next Wednesday, and I’ll be celebrating the book launch on Sept 5 on Babblings of …
Hello again! This is the third post I’m sharing this fine August, here and at the 10th Annual Austen in August hosted by www.thebookrat.com. Hope you’re enjoying the Austen in August celebration of our favourite author and the world of her novels. Thanks for reading the first two excerpts from my upcoming book, THE …
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