Re: Help with blurb--Colonel Fitzwilliam story
I like 3 or 4. I think 1 & 2 are too vague. I like a little more info before I start a reading a story.
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Please remember that people use words in the blurb as terms in dwg's search engine, so people looking for a Colonel Fitzwilliam story or a Charlotte Lucas story would be sure to find your story if you...
View ArticleRe: Help with blurb--Colonel Fitzwilliam story
I agree with what others have said--as a reader, I'd rather know the characters up front (so either 3 or 4).
View ArticleRe: Help with blurb--Colonel Fitzwilliam story
I'd go with 3. I agree that should be either 3 or 4.
View ArticleRe: Looking for a...tv show
There was also an HBO movie along similar story line, with Clint Eastwood. With a twist.
View ArticleRe: Help with blurb--Colonel Fitzwilliam story
I like them all, but #4 really piques my interest! When are you going to post it? HaHa!
View ArticleShem- Ash and Kitty stories?
Calling out to Shem!I love your Ash and Kitty stories and have read a few of them. I was wondering if you would be willing to give us a list of them so we can find them all in the archives?Thanks so...
View ArticleAgree to disagree?
I think this is a very complex issue. I believe the unexpected happened, that at the auction a 'private' non-British person offered the top bid, I guess what many of us expected is that the usual...
View ArticleRe: Help with blurb--Colonel Fitzwilliam story
Definitely 3 or 4; please do NOT try to lure readers by misleading them about the story's main characters.I agree that D&E stories are most popular so you can try this addition to the...
View Articlelooking for a story ...
Ive been driving myself mad trying to find a story! the only thing I can remember is Darcy and I believe Bingley are sitting together eating and something happens with a sausage on a fork... I can't...
View ArticleRe: Agree to disagree?
a more fully developed Janeite would know that it has to be shared and preserved in a proper placeI guess I'm not a more fully developed Janeite ;-)It's only a RING. It's nothing she created, nor an...
View ArticleRe: Agree to disagree?
And we probably shall (agree to disagree). I totally understand the perspective of those who would like to see it in a museum, but I don't personally feel there's any sort of moral imperative attached...
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I searched on another site for 'sausage' and found 'The most Interesting Man in the World' by Justine and Jancat. It's available here too http://www.dwiggie.com/derby/justjan4.htm There's a...
View ArticleHow about this blurb?
Wow, that made my decision easy!These two got the highest 'votes':**Neither time nor distance could separate Colonel Fitzwilliam and Charlotte Lucas, but money, station, and an abhorrence for war...
View ArticleRe: Darcy and Knightly
Thanks, I will read it. :)Also found another P&P/ Emma crossover story with Darcy and Knightley. It´s called "Jealousy and Matchmaking".
View ArticleNames in JA novels
When I read a book, especially one that is already quite old, like the ones of Jane Austen, I always have to imagine the author sitting there and thinking about the sentences 200 years ago that I am...
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Can't address your questions about JA, but about Benwick, it was probably pronounced Bennick. (The way Warwick would be pronounced Warrick.) So wickedness wouldn't apply to him (he was a benevolent...
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I believe you are overthinking this. I would say she picked names that she felt suited the characters, but we have no reason to believe she dwellt so much in the meaning of each individual name. For...
View ArticleA Servant´s life
This is very interessting. It´s a documentary about servants, mostly in the victorian area, but I guess many things would be true for the regency as well, besides that the victorian area sounds a...
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