The Cookbook of Unknown Ladies (Regency food and more)
This is an awesome blog I encountered, run by the Westminster City Archives.They uncovered this book of recipes (likely a family collection) during a digitization project and decided to post them....
View ArticleRe: Do your characters write you, or do you write them?
Having just read so many of your previous works recently, one thing I noted was how well you use your OCs! To read here that some of it is "accidental", well.... not sure this could be qualified as...
View ArticleModern and Regency
Thanks for asking. I must agree with you on the quality of many published sequels. Some are well done but certainly not all. I also really enjoy the creativity of many authors here. I don't always...
View ArticleRe: Do your characters write you, or do you write them?
I've long thought my subconscious is a better writer than my conscious. It's what I think is happening when characters do their own thing without consulting me. Usually the plot turns out the better...
View ArticleRe: Persuasion and Northanger Abbey on TV- unedited!
The Region 1 DVD of NA is missing a few scenes from the original broadcast, though at the moment I can't remember which. Maybe that's what Sharon is referring to?
View ArticleRe: Persuasion and Northanger Abbey on TV- unedited!
Sorry the ITV versions. The Rupert Penry Jones Persuasion, not my favorite version- at least the Anne portrayal. There were a few extra scenes there, but the Northanger Abbey version had many scenes I...
View ArticleRe: Do your characters write you, or do you write them?
I totally agree with you about that last part. I'm no Meyer fan, but that was one thing I defended her against when people started making fun of her for saying that Edward kept doing things she didn't...
View ArticleRe: Darcy's Tale update
A friend and I like to say editing never ends, you just finally throw in the towel and call it done. But even with our ridiculous editing regime, we once had a post in which neither the author nor the...
View ArticleRe: Darcy's Tale update
Thanks, Rosie. My edits are done, but I'm waiting for a chance to post a full day after the last posted story.I keep earlier versions, and I go back and check from time to time: I can usually tell if...
View ArticleCut by PBS both for broadcast and PBS DVDs
Unfortunately, PBS cuts scenes from the films, miniseries and series they broadcast to make space for sponsoring advertisement. It is not widely known in general, but it was particularly noticed among...
View ArticleIt happened to Tolkien
I'm no writer, just reader (and by now fully addicted to your stories and avidly awaiting each weekly post of TBE and TPE), but if I remember correctly, according to Tolkien's correspondence Faramir...
View ArticleRe: Do your characters write you, or do you write them?
I was actually thinking of that Meyer interview too. I haven't read any of her books (Reasoning with Vampires is the closest I've come to them), but she didn't deserve the flak she got for those...
View ArticleRe: Darcy's Tale update
I once saw a video with the head of Pixar Studios who said that they never finish movies, they just release them. I always think of that when it comes to my stories, because I could sit there and edit...
View ArticleThat's why I think of rewrititis as a disease(nfm)
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View ArticleRe: Do your characters write you, or do you write them?
Yep. Before I started writing longer form fiction, I would hear authors saying things like that and think they were being either overdramatic or twee.Then it happened to me.(Similarly, I have been...
View ArticleRe: Anyone?
Thanks for sharing that. I've been wondering about my own first story, whether to rewrite or just scrap. Would you mind starting a new thread on this topic? I think it would be interesting to discuss.
View ArticleRe: Do your characters write you, or do you write them?
Ash deserves to vent his POV! He seems pretty consistent in your stories. I don't remember Cheveley, though I like him in your current two fics.I think it is a good sign when characters run away - it...
View ArticleRe: Anyone?
Which part of it? Do you mean what to do if you write something you later regret, for any reason, or specifically writing according to personal beliefs, etc?
View ArticleRe: Do your characters write you, or do you write them?
I've got three works of fiction that remain incomplete because my characters kept saying/doing things I hadn't originally planned for them to do and I can't figure out how to get them back to where...
View ArticleThank you...
...for your great example. You're an inspiration in more ways than you could know.
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