This year will mark a sea change in the way I work. Not only am I beginning to ramp up my work on certain fantasy projects, but it may be some time before you see a full length variation from me. As I noted in a previous post, I’ll be submitting new manuscripts to the… Read the full blog post …
This is now my sixth(!) Austen Authors Christmas post. As I was thinking about it and going over previous posts to get some ideas, the thought occurred to me that I have not done a Christmas music themed post since my second year. Well now, it is time to correct that particular oversight! But the… Read the full blog post …
If you live in Canada, you will know that the poppy is the symbol of Remembrance Day (Veteran’s Day in the States). The poppy is the symbol of remembering the dead who fought to protect us, most particularly in the world wars. The symbol comes from John McRae’s poem In Flanders Fields. As a child,… Read the full blog post …
I have often observed that some projects are more of a struggle to complete than others, and there is often no rhyme or reason of which is which. I have completed the writing of a novella in less than ten days, and taken more than a month on another. I’ve had full length books almost… Read the full blog post …
Caption reads: “The phonograph at home reading out a novel.” From Daily Graphic (New York), 2 April 1878. Less than a year after the invention of the phonograph, this drawing offered a future vision. Novels however would remain impractical for phonographs until the 1930s. As an author, I subscribe to several author resource sites, and I’ve found… Read the full blog post …
Recently I came across an article with a list of the origins behind common sayings, which sparked my interest in such things. I went and did some further research and came up with a number of such sayings that I thought I would share. This list is (of course) in no way comprehensive, and I’ve… Read the full blog post …
For this month I have a quick excerpt for you. The book is called Among Intimate Acquaintances, and it will be on Amazon on Thursday. The gist of the story is that Darcy never went to Hertfordshire, and thus did not prevent Bingley from returning to Jane. A year later, Bingley and Jane, along with… Read the full blog post …
There are a few announcements I need to make, which will preempt what I had originally planned for this month’s post. So let’s bump that to next month and get on with it! Before we do, however, there is a bit of housekeeping I need to get out of the way. For those who read… Read the full blog post …
“Haye Park might do,” said she, “if the Gouldings could quit it—or the great house at Stoke, if the drawing-room were larger; but Ashworth is too far off! I could not bear to have her ten miles from me; and as for Pulvis Lodge, the attics are dreadful.” —Mrs. Bennet, Pride and Prejudice, Chapter 50… Read the full blog post …
This month I wanted to discuss a few things relating to property ownership and all that entails (pun intended—sort of . . .) The ownership of property was a large part of what made a Regency man a gentleman. The second aspect of attaining gentleman status was having tenants who farmed the land in the… Read the full blog post …
As my brother informed you in his last post, we’ve collaborated on a work that is almost ready for release. Collaborations tend to take longer, and the details can sometimes be a bit fuzzy—after all, I only wrote half of it, and that’s the half I remember the best! But it’s done and in the… Read the full blog post …
I’ve been thinking a bit of Mr. Bingley lately. When I finished my surgery and the recovery time after, I spent quite a bit of time outlining future stories, and there was one in particular that deals with Mr. Bingley and his character. Let’s take a closer look at him, shall we? Mr. Bingley is,… Read the full blog post …
It’s insane how much of our daily lives revolve around technology, as I have had occasion to understand these past couple of weeks. As I mentioned, I had a procedure done on one eye and have been prohibited from computer, TV, books, phone, etc., and because it wasn’t healing properly, it was extended to two… Read the full blog post …
