THANKSGIVING is fast approaching here in the US, and as everyone knows, food is a BIG and central aspect of this traditional holiday. For most of us, we have our established dishes that must be cooked year after year. In my household that “must have” no-compromise dish is the dressing recipe passed down from my… Read the full blog post …
Tomorrow is November 5, and in the UK marks the 415th anniversary of the fateful day in 1605 when Guy Fawkes and 12 conspirators planned to blow Parliament to smithereens. Thankfully, their traitorous actions were thwarted, the British monarchy and governing Parliament saved. To this day, patriotic citizens celebrate the failed “gunpowder plot” with bonfires,… Read the full blog post …
November is upon us in a few days and with the clocks turned back an hour, the cold dark of night shall come sooner than many of us probably want. Here in the northern hemisphere, if we haven’t yet turned our thermostats to the hot setting, we will eventually. Thanks to industrial innovations and modern… Read the full blog post …
Last Tuesday, September 22, was the official first day of autumn in the Northern Hemisphere. Most people are focusing on what new pumpkin-spice flavored food items they can nibble on while embellishing their houses with the plethora of harvest-themed decorations that are available, without caring one iota if the proper term is AUTUMN or FALL.… Read the full blog post …
We are very excited to welcome Lona Manning, an Austenesque author who is not only a great friend to us personally, but has also been kind enough to guest on the blog twice before! Lona’s bio, publications, and relevant links are at the end of this post. Below are the direct links to Lona’s previous… Read the full blog post …
I confess to being more than a little partial when it comes to the characters inhabiting The Darcy Saga ten-volume series. Therefore, selecting one fabulous secondary character amongst the many for this fifth-installment of my blog series was challenging. After a bit of deliberation, I chose a secondary character who became quite important, especially to… Read the full blog post …
For today’s fourth installment in my blog series on secondary characters within the pages of The Darcy Saga, it logically followed after the previous post to cover this particular secondary-turned-primary character. Before I get to this handsome fellow, for those who may have missed the three other blogs, those are linked below. Also, to reiterate… Read the full blog post …
Isn’t it strange how our familiar surroundings and belongs fade into the background so that over time we hardly notice them? Not too long ago I was cleaning the cobwebs off of my multiple book shelves, and as I was vacuuming the layers of dust I looked closely at my extensive collection of paperbacks. As… Read the full blog post …
I am back for the third installment in my series on the many secondary characters within the pages of The Darcy Saga. After nine novels and one novella comprising my continuation of Pride and Prejudice, there are a huge number of characters to choose from so this could potentially be a long-running series! Secondary characters… Read the full blog post …
In my last blog, posted on May 12 and linked below, I began what I intend to be a series delving into the many secondary characters who inhabit the nine novels and one novella comprising The Darcy Saga. With that many novels, there are obviously a huge number of characters! Some characters merely pass through,… Read the full blog post …
As my longtime readers are aware, I began writing my vision of married life for Darcy and Elizabeth way back in 2006. One short story swiftly evolved into another and then another, the passion taking over so thoroughly that, as I have previously joked, like Mr. Darcy’s love for Elizabeth, “I was in the middle… Read the full blog post …
As all historical novelists are aware, even though writing fiction with “creative license” as an important aspect of the story telling, we must be careful with facts. This begins with diligently researching the historical period in which our stories are set, but also researching all the previous eras. Accuracy in history is critical, not just… Read the full blog post …
We have all seen the stories of bizarre so-called “support animals” brought (or attempted to be brought) onto airplanes or into public places such as restaurants. A rapid Google search yields dozens of reports and photos of reptiles including snakes, potbellied pigs, assorted birds (ducks and turkeys seem popular), miniature horses, kangaroos, various rodents, monkeys,… Read the full blog post …
