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Tag Archives: Jane Austen quotes
Hand-Written
Even if I’m never hugely successful as a writer, I can still be proud of accomplishing something difficult: completing three novels (so far). But, sometimes I wonder how far I would have gotten if I’d had to do it the old-fashioned way, like … Continue reading
Cover Art Choice
As I mentioned before, I’ve been working on producing a piece of artwork based on Lyme House (Pemberley in the ’95 film adaptation of Pride and Prejudice) to be used for the cover of The Darcys of Pemberley (to be released soon). I did painting … Continue reading
Perfect Refreshment
“I shall soon be rested,” said Fanny; “to sit in the shade on a fine day, and look upon verdure, is the most perfect refreshment.” (Mansfield Park, chapter 9)Finally! Spring has arrived in the Pacific Northwest, and I’m reminded why I … Continue reading
Backstory Hazard
When I did my final edit of The Darcys of Pemberley, I ran into a thorny issue all novelists have to address: how to handle backstory, the events that are supposed to have taken place before the action of the novel … Continue reading
Blank Canvas
I wish I had written down a great quote someone posted on Twitter the other day. It went something like this: What a blank canvas is to the artist and empty paper is to the writer, silence is to the musician. Since … Continue reading
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Playing Mind Games
Maybe you’ve seen this circulating on Facebook: AOCDRNDIGCG TO RSCHEEARCH AT CMABRIGDE UINERVTISY, IT DSENO’T MTAETR WAHT OERDR THE LTTERES IN A WROD ARE, THE OLNY IPROAMTNT TIHNG IS TAHT THE FRSIT AND LSAT LTEETR BE IN THE RGHIT PCLAE. TIHS IS BCUSEAE THE HUAMN MNID DEOS NOT RAED ERVEY LTETER BY ISTLEF, BUT THE WROD AS A WLOHE. IF YOU CAN RAED TIHS, PSOT IT TO YUOR WLAL. … Continue reading
When Honesty is Not the Best Policy
How honest are you? In your personal code of conduct, is it okay to dodge a question that you don’t want to answer? shade the truth for a good cause? omit certain details to save yourself or another person embarrassment? … Continue reading
Pemberley, the Picturesque
I’m something of an artist, and although writing consumes most of my creative energy, I still pick up a paintbrush from time to time. So, now that it’s time to produce some cover art for The Darcys of Pemberley, I’m going … Continue reading
Whose Mother Is She?
With it being Mother’s Day, I started thinking about the mothers portrayed in Jane Austen’s novels: Mrs. Bennet, Mrs. Morland, Mrs. Dashwood, and Mrs. Price. Not exactly an exemplary group, but at least they lived to see their children to adulthood. Two others … Continue reading
Kindle-ing
So I got my Kindle in the mail the other day and immediately set about learning how to use it. I figured out how change the font size and orientation, how to access the pre-loaded dictionaries, and how to make … Continue reading
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