Tag: Joana Starnes

The Journey Home To Pemberley ~ Part Three

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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The Journey Home To Pemberley ~ Part Two

Good morning! This is the second post I’m sharing this month, here and at the 10th Annual Austen in August hosted by www.thebookrat.com. Hope you’re having fun at this great celebration of a special lady who has given us so much joy for over 200 years.   Thanks for stopping by last Friday to read …

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Coming Soon ~ The Journey Home To Pemberley

Good morning! I hope you’re having a lovely and relaxing summer, and that you’re ready to party at the 10th Annual Austen in August, hosted by www.thebookrat.com. I’m delighted to say that this post (along with the other ones that I’ll share with you later this month) is part of the Austen in August celebration of …

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Spring Has Sprung – And Mr Darcy Needs Your Help

I read somewhere that daffodils symbolise new beginnings. I don’t know if it’s true. Perhaps the brave little snowdrops deserve this badge of honour more. But when daffodils start to flower and they enliven the dreary winter landscape with bright patches of colour, we know that spring is here at last, and sunny days are …

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Throw Back Thursday

As we dash about, caught in the hustle and bustle of everyday life, we can rarely tell which ones of the little, seemingly inconsequential moments will stay with us forever and steer us along the way. When I first opened my mother’s tattered copy of Pride and Prejudice, with several pages almost detached from the …

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An Eventful Morning

So – Frenemies is this month’s theme. Let’s have some more fun with it. In the WIP I’m working on at the moment, I’m gearing towards a different kind of frenemy situation that Elizabeth is not going to find in the least amusing. But that’s still on the drawing board, so I’ve written a vignette …

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Jane in January: Daydreams and a Prologue

Where does our inspiration come from? Such an intriguing theme to start the New Year with! I loved the previous posts and I’m looking forward to the ones to follow. I hope you’ll enjoy them all and thanks for joining me today to chat about the things, big and small, that inspire me in my …

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Happy Birthday to Jane Austen

On this day in 1775 our esteemed authoress was born. What better way to celebrate than to share some of our favorite quotes from her?   In one of Austen’s letters, she wrote: I can just imagine her face, and maybe even the kind of day she was having when she wrote this. These words …

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Looking for Mr Darcy’s Cambridge

Earlier this month, Diana Birchall took us with her on a lovely visit to Jane Austen’s school, then Maria Grace gave us detailed and thought-provoking insights into Mr Darcy’s education (you can find the posts by following the links). It’s fascinating and extremely poignant to imagine Mr Darcy’s early school years, and I’d like to …

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A Ghost Story

It’s Halloween tomorrow, so I’m guessing you’ve already carved the pumpkins and stocked up for Trick or Treat. If you’re anything like me, that stash must be awfully tempting, so let me entice you to sneak away with a chocolate bar and think with some compassion of our Regency forebears, who had never tasted such …

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