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Results 1 - 30 of 35Re: Love from the Gods - Part 2 - 1 year ago
It's been a hot minute since I visited DWG, and what a lovely piece to find. Utterly delightful, as your writing always is! Thank you. Their banter about the kiss was delicious and had me laughing, especially this: "let it never be said that I denied you your opportunity for atonement. We did agree we would practise charity, and I know no greater charity than allowing a sinner the opportunity toby Renee B - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: Beautiful Friendship question - 7 years ago
Yes, please--so happy--thank you!by Renee B - Tea Room
Re: Love Child of Colonel Fitzwilliam - 7 years ago
What a strong and intriguing narrative voice Sofia-Elisabete has. Well done! I feel like I'm reading her journal, not a JAFF piece. Really enjoyed the cultural flavor as well, even though I'm certainly missing some nuances. Curious to read what this saucy, precocious girl is up to next...by Renee B - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: Regrets - I Have But a Few (One Shot - Complete) - 7 years ago
Great little twist there at the end--didn't see that coming. A lovely story with its touch of melancholy. Thank you for a pleasant respite in a busy day.by Renee B - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: Darcy's Hope at Donwell Abbey, A WW1 P&P Companion Ch 5-7 - 8 years ago
What a gripping scene in the graveyard! You write action so well. And so many new loose threads already... Small typo-- "Elizabeth smiled paid for the kit."by Renee B - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
LOLOL - 8 years ago
'Elizabeth enjoyed fussing over him, fixing his tea and fetching small items, even reading aloud to him, often while perched on the arm of his chair. "Oh my word," said Bingley disgustedly, when he came across them like this one day. "You've injured your ankle, not your eyes, Darcy."' Thanks for the chuckles! Love seeing a married Bingley teasing his friend.by Renee B - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: Darcy's Hope at Donwell Abbey, A WW1 P&P Companion Ch 3-4 - 8 years ago
Riveting--the action just barrels right along! "Elizabeth winced and shrank into her seat. It was a sobering reminder that the slightest suspicion of collusion with the enemy was like a guillotine to reputation." I think it's hard for me to grasp the type of 'witch hunt' that E fears in her WW1 context and the fear that's driving her decisions, but this section helped me understand. Her enterpriby Renee B - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: The Way It Ought to Be, Chapter 15 - 8 years ago
All caught up And so happy to have skipped the wait between melancholy chapters, LOL, but it sounds like you have something up your sleeve with L&W... I'm glad D&E had already built enough of a relationship that they could progress quickly. Thank you for this diverting story--as always, a joy to read!by Renee B - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: Darcy's Hope at Donwell Abbey, A WW1 P&P Companion. Intro + Ch 1-2 - 8 years ago
So excited to see this great story posting here. What an intense and emotional start!by Renee B - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Replies - 8 years ago
ALL: Thanks so much for the warm welcome back and for letting me know you enjoyed this little story. I appreciated reading your comments. And, yes, Mary does seem to have a plethora of undiscovered talents that make her an eminently useful character, LOL! EvelynJean: Aw, thank you for the encouragement and blessings to you in return! I’m still working on my second volume for publication--about 20by Renee B - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: A Million Smiles - 8 years ago
Loved this peek into Bingley's history and hidden depth. So glad for his parents' example--what a contrast to Jane's parents... Thank you for the smiles!by Renee B - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Replies - 8 years ago
Thank you each for letting me know that you enjoyed the story. It’s always very encouraging to hear from readers--and particularly right now while I’m feeling vulnerable about having released a book and am bound to receive more critical reviews. I realize I haven’t been very active on DWG lately (real life stuff like my husband’s job, a super-busy toddler, and the publishing process limit my onlinby Renee B - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: A Singular Accident (DNA) - 8 years ago
Your treasured memory has me grinning, Jim. Thanks so much for sharing! My San Antonio memories come from the year we lived there while my husband was completing Clinical Pastoral Education at what was then Brooke Army Medical Center. And I'm likewise blessed with a spouse who has come to appreciate Austen--just as I join him in the high-testosterone stuff, LOL.by Renee B - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
A Singular Accident (DNA) - 8 years ago
Blurb: Darcy and Elizabeth don’t need Aunt Catherine’s interference to bring them together when they have Bingley, a smartphone, and a south Texas cafe. (P&P one-shot) A/N: Here’s a little whipped cream to enjoy with your favorite sweet--inspired by that moment when I texted my neighbor a message intended for my husband. ::awkward:: Belated Happy New Year to all! (As a heads up, I’m going toby Renee B - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: Nearly Two Weeks Without Any Postings on the DWG Board? - 8 years ago
That's my story. Busy life then busy vacation (small children tend to do that) and now back to busy life. BUT I do have a small offering that should be ready to share before the week/end is out.by Renee B - Tea Room
Re: And Never A Cross Word - 9 years ago
I'll add my belated voice to the chorus--this was beautiful and moving and so well-suited to all the characters. Thank you for sharing it here! I always enjoy your writing.by Renee B - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: A Friendly Game of Hide and Seek, Part 4 of 4 - 9 years ago
An absolute delight, Sandy! Imaginative comedy and lovely writing. Thank you for the smiles and sweet entertainment.by Renee B - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: A Fine Stout Love & Stories - publishing & archive removal - 9 years ago
Wow, I hardly know what to say. Thank you, Mari. I'm humbled by such generous words. And good question--I'm publishing under Renee Beyea (also my real name).by Renee B - Tea Room
Re: A Fine Stout Love & Stories - publishing & archive removal - 9 years ago
Thank you, Lisa. You're such an encouragement, and I'm glad you enjoy them. A Fine, Stout Love and On the Efficacy of Poetry received the heaviest revisions and edits, so while I consider them much improved, if you love the originals then please be sure to save a copy. As a heads up, I've written a new short story and hope to have it ready to share in the next 4-6 weeks or so--hope you'll like itby Renee B - Tea Room
A Fine Stout Love & Stories - publishing & archive removal - 9 years ago
Fellow Dwiggies-- I’m joining the long line of authors who started at DWG and decided to publish--thank you to everyone who’s read, commented and encouraged along the way. I wouldn’t be on this journey if it weren’t for you. Two steps forward… 1) If you’d like a free copy of my stories archived here, please download them by Sunday, 25 October. After that, they’ll be removed from the archives. Hby Renee B - Tea Room
publishing stories & removal from archives - 9 years ago
Fellow Dwiggies-- I’m joining the long line of authors who started at DWG and decided to publish--thank you to everyone who’s read, commented and encouraged along the way. I wouldn’t be on this journey if it weren’t for you. Two steps forward… 1) If you’d like a free copy of my stories archived here, please download them by Sunday, 25 October. After that, they’ll be removed from the archives. Hby Renee B - Tea Room
All This Joy - 9 years ago
Blurb: The birth of their first grandchild brings unanticipated healing to Elizabeth and Darcy. A “Sweet Strain” vignette and epilogue. A/N: This little piece is a sequel of sorts to “Sweet Strain,” another short story I posted a couple years ago. You can read that story here in the archives and find a link to the painting that inspired it--which I would encourage doing because this epilogue isnby Renee B - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: Ephemera - 9 years ago
Thank you, Suzanne. I’m sorry for your loss and touched the image of Elizabeth dancing with their children spoke to you. I’ll try to explain how I intended it. In the original draft, Darcy was remembering a real event--say, their present-day children at a picnic on Pemberley’s lawns. But on every read-through I wasn’t at ease with it, and it took me a while to figure out why. I’m not sure I canby Renee B - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: Georgiana's establishment - 9 years ago
Without weighing in on Georgiana's establishment, I did recollect a conversation in P&P where Darcy gives implicit assent to having a house in town. Sir William Lucas is querying him: Quote"You have a house in town, I conclude?" Mr. Darcy bowed. "I had once had some thought of fixing in town myself—for I am fond of superior society; but I did not feel quite certain that the air of London woby Renee B - Tea Room
Re: Elinor's Endowment 25-27 finis - 9 years ago
Very fine! Brava yet again, Sarah. Thank you for another entertaining piece. Like your other readers, my consolation with the swift ending (which I much prefer to a drawn-out denouement) is that you are wondrously prolific and have shared your intention to give these characters their own stories. Who-hoo! I look forward to catching a glimpse of Elinor and Graeme at some future date.by Renee B - A Novel Idea
Re: Elinor's Endowment 19-21 - 9 years ago
I feel like it's a travesty to laugh now that the household has succumbed to illness and the threat of rheumatic fever is looming, but... as with previous chapters, this story is just too funny to resist (which also gives me hope that the current sickness will not be too devastating). Quote“But I have a suggestion to make to you, regarding an equitable division of labour, since I am not yet fit eby Renee B - A Novel Idea
another interpretation - 9 years ago
Oh! I reread it from that perspective and can totally see how such an interpretation is justifiable. ::smacks forehead:: Thank you so much for saying so. This also helps me understand the diversity in responses--I expect you’re not the only one to read it that way. It would not be difficult--the work of a sentence or two--to make it clear the final scene is not a flashback, or even to make some ofby Renee B - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: Ephemera - 9 years ago
Mari and LisaY, I’m feeling conflicted--humbled by the loyalty that compelled you to read and gratified you were moved, but my sympathies make me sorry to have occasioned you pain. I truly appreciate you sharing so candidly. If it’s any comfort, the majority of the stories currently in my to-be-finished queue are more along the lines of the recent two that preceded this one (Words in the Wind aby Renee B - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Thank you! (spoilerish) - 9 years ago
Thank you to everyone who was brave enough to read this story. And thank you to all who left a comment and let me know you were touched or moved or otherwise appreciated it (enjoyed is probably the wrong word). Very encouraging--especially for a story that I wasn’t sure anyone would actually read. I did hope that the relief of learning Elizabeth is alive and well would be sufficient to make the suby Renee B - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Explaining the title - 9 years ago
Thank you so much for reading and for asking, Adelaide. I suspect most writers are quite happy to entertain questions about their stories and I’m no exception. I settled on Ephemera as a title for multiple reasons, among them: Primarily for its relationship to the adjective ephemeral, particularly as it is commonly used in “the ephemeral nature of life.” The rhetorical question is asked at theby Renee B - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
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