Book Excerpt – Leenie Brown

Music Monday: Welcome Home for the Holiday (Howard Eddy)

I have been listening to lots of instrumental Christmas music lately as I have been writing a couple of Christmas stories. I completed one of those stories this week. Christmas in Gracechurch Street should be published in the first half of December. But that is not the story I am highlighting today.

Today’s story excerpt is from A Very Mary Christmas, which is currently on sale until tomorrow, November 24, 2020. I have chosen to pair this story with this relaxing Christmas album, which has been on my listening while writing rotation, because I’m thinking Nicholas might have benefited from being able to play some soothing music after he ends up with unexpected and very troublesome holiday visitors. (And it is because of those somewhat unwelcome guests that I picked “Welcome Home for the Holiday.” 🙂 )

Music Monday: We Three Kings (The Hound + The Fox feat. Tim Foust)

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I have been listening to Christmas music while writing now for a couple of months because I have been working on Christmas stories. One of those stories is Moonlight, Mistletoe, and Mary, a sequel to Matching Mr. Darcy. This novelette was just published this past week and given as a gift to my mailing list subscribers (both present and future). So, I thought I would share a small excerpt from that story today.

I picked the above song since “We Three Kings*”, in instrumental form, is one of the songs that has been playing while I have been writing and because the three kings are following a star and in Moonlight, the colonel likes to contemplate things while watching the moon. While I rarely listen to any music that is not strickly instrumental when I am writing, I thought I would share this well-done non-instrumental version of “We Three Kings” with you today.

If you do not yet have Matching Mr. Darcy, that story is on sale for only $0.99* until tomorrow, November 10, 2020. Moonlight, Mistletoe ,and Mary is always $0.99 or free when you subscribe to my mailing list.

TSB: Writing News, Sneak Peeks, and More

Before we get into the writing news for this week, I wanted to say that I know the past nearly two weeks have been fraught with strife for my American readers, relations, and friends. You have and will continue to be in my prayers, and I want you to know that I will continue to strive, as I always have, to demonstrate through my actions and words my love and respect for you all.

Writing News

So far this week, I have written one chapter of Protecting Miss Darcy. That’s it. That’s all I wrote. 🙂 I hope to have time later today (Friday) to write another chapter of something.

My reason for such a low amount of writing this week was editing. I finished my first round read-through of Matching Mr. Darcy and have sent that off to my sister for her critique.

Publishing News

Sneak peek time!

By this time next week, I expect to have preorder information for Matching Mr. Darcy to share with you. If you’d like to see the book cover and read the first (unfinalized) chapter of this book, you can find both of those things at this link.