Welcome back to Austen Promises! I got a lot written on this story today. What a relief! Anyway, this post is a few hundred words from the beginning of Chapter 9. When I chose a name for the new guy in the story, I must have needed caffeine or something. It sounded great at noon, … Continue reading Thursday’s 300: Darcy’s Predicament, excerpt 11
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Austen Authors March 4, 2019: Text Messages from Jane
You may remember that last year, I made a fake Facebook wall for Jane Austen. I greatly enjoyed doing it, and it seemed like blog readers liked it, as well. So, I thought I would give us a peek into what text messages might be passing between our favorite author and her best friend and … Continue reading Austen Authors March 4, 2019: Text Messages from Jane
Friday’s Race to the Weekend: Book 4, Post #3
Welcome back to Austen Promises! I'm back with another 1,000 words of Race Book 4! I'm hoping to have a name for this one BEFORE I'm ready to publish. LOL Here is the master list of posts. I'll update it weekly. I will also try to remember to link the posts at the end each … Continue reading Friday’s Race to the Weekend: Book 4, Post #3
Thursday’s 300: Darcy’s Predicament, excerpt 11
Welcome back to Austen Promises! I'm pretty sure I have screwed this story up at this point, so I'm going to have to re-read it (again!) and fix my mistakes. This post is a few hundred words from the end of Chapter 8. It's all I was able to get written today. Remember that I'm … Continue reading Thursday’s 300: Darcy’s Predicament, excerpt 11
Friday’s Race to the Weekend: Book 4, Post #2
Welcome back to Austen Promises! I'm back with another 1,000 words of Race Book 4! I've repeated the last paragraph I gave you last week, because I added to it. We're with Caro in New Orleans, in case you've forgotten. 🙂 This book does not have a title yet. As we go along, I'm hoping … Continue reading Friday’s Race to the Weekend: Book 4, Post #2
Thursday’s 300: Darcy’s Predicament, excerpt 10
Welcome back to Austen Promises! I'm so excited to have written more on this story!! Some of you may know that a bakery opened in my town and I've been going there a few days each week, and it's been incredibly helpful. I'm getting back into a good routine after getting Darcy's Caution published and … Continue reading Thursday’s 300: Darcy’s Predicament, excerpt 10
Austen Authors January 7, 2019: Snow in Hertfordshire and a Giveaway
Please note: The giveaway mentioned in this post has ended! Many of you will remember that last year, I shared how difficult Christmas has been for me for many years. I wrote a Christmas book last year, and it was the first one I had done, though I had written a short story a couple … Continue reading Austen Authors January 7, 2019: Snow in Hertfordshire and a Giveaway
Friday’s Race to the Weekend: Book 4, Post #1
Welcome back to Austen Promises! Good news for lovers of my Pride & Prejudice & Racecars series ... I have plotted and begun Book 4! Not only that, I've developed a premise for a fifth book. I'm happy about this, because I have been wanting to do a book per track of this series. I'm … Continue reading Friday’s Race to the Weekend: Book 4, Post #1
Austen Authors December 10, 2018: The Little Christmas Story With No Name
It’s that time of year again, when we haul boxes out of attic or basement, dump the pile of mouse poop off the tops of them, and pull out all the pretties within to decorate our houses. This year, that has not gone so well for me. LOL It’s a long story, but the short … Continue reading Austen Authors December 10, 2018: The Little Christmas Story With No Name
Writers Journal: Anniversaries and Looking Back
Welcome back to Austen Promises and the Writer's Journal! ~~~***~~~ If you’re a regular follower of my blog, you know this past Monday, August 12th, was my five-year anniversary as a published author. On that day in 2014, I Promise To … went out into the world, my very first book baby. I wrote a … Continue reading Writers Journal: Anniversaries and Looking Back