The assembly is used as a major plot point in a lot of Pride & Prejudice variations. It seems to be an important part of most stories in this genre, and why not? Jane Austen used it to introduce us to Mr.Bingley and his friend, Mr. Darcy, and to set in motion pretty much everything… Read the full blog post …
I thought this month I would be lazy and treat everyone to another excerpt from my latest book, which was released on March 29. I have to confess, my decision is a bit selfish. Jann and I had to make a trip to Utah for a family memorial. The death of our brother-in-law was not… Read the full blog post …
Outlining plots, which I have been engaged in for a week, is always a voyage of discovery for me. Not having lived during the Regency(no, really? who’da thunk!), I got to thinking about the movement of goods in the early 19th century. How did shops in England get the goods they sold? I realize that… Read the full blog post …
I have been thinking about changes I’ve gone through since I decided to follow(far, far behind) in my brother Jann’s footsteps and become a published writer. Part of the impetus was my move to Calgary to help care for my mother, but a larger consideration was the fact that I was fast approaching retirement and… Read the full blog post …
I was toying with the idea of exploring changes in transportation during the Regency and early part of the Georgian eras, but decided instead to offer an excerpt from the story I am currently working on. The idea came to me whilst in the throes of constructing the Duplicity and Deceit outline and, not one… Read the full blog post …
Because Christmas is little more than a week from today, I decided to share the story behind the creation of Charles Dickens’ masterpiece, a work as popular now as when it was first published. It is to me an inspiring account, and a message of love during this most precious and sacred time of year.… Read the full blog post …
The month of October continued into November and was made up of what I can only describe as turmoil, an opinion I’m reasonably confident my wife shares. The second weekend of the month is when Canada’s Thanksgiving celebration falls. Our tradition for this weekend is to spend it with our children, who live five hundred… Read the full blog post …
Communication in the 18th and 19th centuries was a tedious process, and time consuming to the extreme. Unlike today where an email can be sent from one side of the globe to the other almost instantaneously, letters between friends, family members, or businesses, etc. took weeks if they were only crossing the country, to months… Read the full blog post …
A lot has happened this past month and the older I get the faster time seems to pass, so I decided for this post to give you another look at my upcoming release. The title is ‘Duplicity and Deceit’, which I must confess was not my idea. It was suggested by the wonderful woman who… Read the full blog post …
This month I am sharing the first chapter of my current WIP. The story begins when highwaymen accost Elizabeth, Jane, and Mrs. Gardiner near Pemberley. Suspicion falls on Mr. Darcy, who is rumored to be suffering a bit of financial strain. Of course, Darcy being Darcy, he pays no attention to the gossip, which leads… Read the full blog post …
Criminal justice in Regency England was sometimes more a case of criminal injustice, for both the victim and the perpetrator. For starters, until the middle of the eighteenth century there were no authorised police, or constables for UK readers. The responsibility for law and order in the country was up to each village, town, city,… Read the full blog post …
I was tempted to post another excerpt from The Attack, but decided I’d rather explore the agricultural landscape in existence during the P&P time frame. I’ve been busy outlining plots for future stories, and the subject will feature rather prominently in one of them. It seems to be a common assumption that Mr. Bennet was… Read the full blog post …
Some of you might remember a blog I did in December. It was a blurb I created to begin my return to writing. At the time I had no plans to do much of anything with it, but the reception it received, along with the supportive, encouraging comments, convinced me to create a story around… Read the full blog post …
