It had been a quiet three weeks at Longbourn, to Mr. Bennet’s satisfaction. His wife and daughters were having all the enjoyment of a visit to her brother Gardiner’s house in London, and since their leaving the countryside in a wild and noisy burst of excitement, Mr. Bennet had not been sorry to be left …
“And so another New Year begins,” Darcy said thoughtfully gazing out at the Grand Canal. Large flakes of snow were gently falling, and decorating the iron railings above the water. A little ice tinkled about the edges, but the canals were not frozen, and light from the candelabra in the palazzo opposite reflected in …
Happy day-after Boxing Day! Am I allowed to wish you a happy Boxing Day even if I’m an American living in America who has never in her life celebrated Boxing Day? It’s one of those holidays that I’m sure I’ve romanticized, so if you do celebrate Boxing Day, I’d love to hear what the day …
“When Lydia went away, she promised to write very often and very minutely to her mother and Kitty; but her letters were always long expected, and always very short. Those to her mother contained little else than that they were just returned from the library, where such and such officers had attended them, and where …
Yes, my new magical Pride & Prejudice variation is still coming! I’ve finally got the ending in hand, and hopefully I’ll have a finished manuscript soon. It’s taken longer than I would have liked, so I’m excited to finally be getting there. Anyway, here’s another excerpt from it. This follows shortly after the previous excerpts …
My thanks to all who weighed in a left me little comments on the last. I know some of you have felt apologetic about being not up to the angst you sensed coming in this one, and don’t worry, I totally get that! Some stories just insist on being told, and I had to follow …
In our Austen Variations fundraiser for Ukraine, our authors offered cameos in their forthcoming novels in exchange for donations to the cause. My first cameo was written for donor Michelle d’Arcy (a most fortuitous name to work with!), to be included in my next novel The Darcys and Lord Byron in Venice, and it …
Good morning! Hope you all will enjoy this little nugget which is a part of a larger work I have going. We begin in London where Darcy has been summoned to the Matlock town house by his cousins for an important announcement! No one has edited this and I am probably the worst proofreader in …
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! …
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 …
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