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“I would say that you have all your life to become acquainted after you marry, but…” he paused and looked toward the far corner of the room where a dressing table stood next to a large wardrobe, “sometimes even twenty-three years is not enough for some to learn what they should know about their mate.”
[from Delighting Mrs. Bennet]
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Can you tell by the title of this instrumental selection which book might be today’s giveaway book? Below the video is the list of remaining book choices.
A Very Mary Christmas
One Winter’s Eve
Two Days Before Christmas
You can find out if you have the right book by scrolling down to just before the story excerpt, but please come back and read my news and the excerpt after you take your chances at getting a copy of today’s Christmas in July giveaway book.
BOOK NEWS:
Delighting Mrs. Bennet has reached an interesting (and slightly dangerous) place in its plot. I think I can see the end coming soon, but I’m not exactly certain how long it will take to get to that ending I can see. There are still a few things to take care of. (Not the least of which is making sure that all the characters are safe. 😉 ) I will have all of October filled with scheduled Thursday posts before the week is out!
Charles: To Discover His Purpose is progressing well. I have passed the 20,000 word mark, and I have posted through chapter 7 on Patreon and should have chapter 8 posted there later today before I edit chapter 9 and then start on chapter 10. 🙂 I’m really enjoying writing this story. Charles is proving to be an interesting fellow to understand and help find his best self.
The Dash of Darcy and Companion Stories are getting a bit of a reorganization. Instead of being two separate collections, I am combining them into one and numbering them. This should make them easier for readers to find on Amazon. So, if you are looking at them over this month, you will likely see some have the new combined collection listed as the series and then a book number. These are being numbered mostly in the order they were published. The only exception to that is I am putting bundles in the line after the books which they contain rather than farther following their publication dates. All of the titles except perhaps the two Dash of Darcy Duos will be getting new covers and all of the older titles will be getting backmatter updates. The stories will stay the same. I am not redoing the books in order, so things will look odd for a while as I am working on completing this large project. I hope to be done by the end of July, but I am not certain that is a realistic goal. It might be early August before it is finished.
CHRISTMAS IN JULY GIVEAWAY:
Did you guess the right book? 😀
CLICK HERE TO CLAIM ONE OF THE 5 COPIES OF One Winter’s Eve.
The copies are available on a first come, first serve basis until all five have been claimed or the link expires on Friday, July 20, 2018.
[update: All five copies of this book have found homes. 🙂 ]
I was able to work with a couple of young boys, who helped me reveal some things about our hero in this…
EXCERPT FROM Charles: To Discover His Purpose: Continue reading Music Monday: Winter, Blackmore’s Night
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“You have callers, sir,” said the butler. “Miss Bingley and Sir Matthew are awaiting you in the sitting room. Mrs. Bennet is entertaining them until you arrive.”
[from Delighting Mrs. Bennet]
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“It’s that time of year
When the world falls in love;”
For me, that’s all year. 🙂 My world — of fictional characters, that is — always has someone falling in love. And today, the title of this song has something to do with the Christmas in July giveaway book which, of course, has someone falling in love.
Which book has a special dance in it that leads to a happily ever after? Here are the remaining books on my giveaway list:
A Very Mary Christmas
No Other Choice
One Winter’s Eve
Two Days Before Christmas
The book contains one of my favourite (original) characters…he’s a bit of a troublesome character for the heroine but totally sigh-worthy.
The answer and the link to claim one of five free copies of that book can be found after my writing news and just before this week’s story excerpt. (Go ahead, scroll down and see if you are a lucky reader, but please come back to read the stuff you skipped in the scrolling process 🙂 )
Here’s my news:
I’m still working on Delighting Mrs. Bennet. A proposal has been made and accepted, and our hero and heroine have learned some interesting information regarding Mrs. Bennet before she became Mrs. Bennet. Of course, it’s going to be the last part of September before we get to any of that because my last writing session will be edited today and scheduled for October 4! And no, the end of the tale has still not fully appeared. This one looks like it might cross that magical line between novella and novel — 40,000 words. Time will tell as I do not write stories to reach word counts, I write them to tell stories no matter how long or short that might be. 🙂
I have posted up to chapter 5 of Charles: To Prove Himself Worthy on Patreon. Chapter 6 is ready to edit and post, and chapter 7 is partially written. Charles is beginning to get a tiny bit caught in his own game — total snaring is yet to come.
I am still working on redoing covers and doing a bit of reorganizing of how the Dash of Darcy and Companion Stories are listed on vendors. Those tweaks will roll out over this month and be complete (finger’s crossed) by the end of the month.
I think that’s it for my writing news. Now, let me drop that link for the giveaway book and then add an excerpt from Charles’s story.
CLICK HERE TO CLAIM ONE OF THE 5 COPIES OF No Other Choice.
The copies are available on a first come, first serve basis until all five have been claimed or the link expires on Friday, July 13, 2018.
[Update: All 5 copies have been claimed!]
And now for…
AN EXCERPT FROM Charles: To Discover His Purpose: Continue reading Music Monday: The Christmas Waltz (The Carpenters)
