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NA-tcracker (end) - 4 months ago
CODA: Christmas Morning The vicarage was a hive of activity on Christmas morning. Mr. Morland had already gone to church to prepare for services with the eldest boys, leaving Mrs. Morland to get the rest of the children ready. With so many bodies to get washed and fed and dressed and brushed, and as the maid had the morning free in honor of the savior's birth, no one noticed if any one child wasby NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
NA- tcracker (2) - 4 months ago
ACT II: Christmas Night The nutcracker stood up from where he had fallen, dusted himself off, and bowed woodenly. “Miss Morland,” he said when he arose, “I am in your debt.” Catherine bobbed a curtsey as her mother had taught her. “Nonsense, good sir. Anyone would have done the same. And it was you who rescued me first,” she added with another bob. The nutcracker continued to dust himself offby NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
NA-tcracker Suite (1/3) - 4 months ago
The NA-tcracker Suite Blurb: Nutcracker AU for Northanger Abbey. Young Catherine is given a nutcracker doll at a Christmas Eve party. The doll is broken during the party and her parents confiscate it until it is repaired. At midnight, she sneaks out of bed to see her doll, and has a magical adventure, to the music of the Christmas ballet, "Nutcracker Suite.” Rather than trying to rewrite a Christby NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: Pattern Recognition Master and Slave (JAOctGoHoNo) - 5 months ago
Lol, yes, sunscreenby NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: A.I. - AUSTEN IMPERFECT - JaOctGoHoNo 2025 - 5 months ago
All hail our AI overlords! I do love mixing up the classic pairings to give readers the instant understanding that Things Are Not Right.by NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Pattern Recognition Master and Slave (JAOctGoHoNo) - 5 months ago
Note: this was sideways inspired by the story about training AI to recognize "wolves versus dogs". The sample data had wolves with snowy backgrounds and dogs with snow-free backgrounds, so you can imagine how it went wrong. AI Pattern Recognition: Master or Slave Blurb: Sir Thomas and Tom go to Antigua to better manage the plantation but encounter trouble at the customs house. JAOctGoHoNo Challby NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: A Haunting at Hunsford - 5 months ago
Ugh, chills! (Thanks for the spook)by NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: The Kellynch Algorithm (JAOCTGOHONO) - 5 months ago
Hahaha! The mirrorless home is a surefire way to keep Sir Walter from visiting Anne and Frederick. I don't know if I should feel bad for Rushworth or not?by NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: Six Inches Deep in Mud - 5 months ago
That was funny! Oh, Mr. Bennet, what a way to goby NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: JaOctGoHoNo 2025, prompt clarification - 6 months ago
Excellent! I look forward to reading your storyby NN S - Tea Room
Re: JaOctGoHoNo 2025, prompt clarification - 6 months ago
I'm sure I'm shouting into the void at this point, but EDIT: the goal is to write about AI, without using AI to write. Such as An AI matchmaker pairs various characters for chilling/humorous/wonderful effect. An Austen character is replaced with AI for chilling/humorous/wonderful effect. An Austen character uses AI for making decisions or writing letters.by NN S - Tea Room
Re: JaOctGoHoNo 2025, prompt! - 6 months ago
After review and discussion, I've decided to go with Artificial Intelligence To recap the rules: 1. A one shot 2. Based on the works of Jane Austen 3. Written by you some time in October 4. Posted on 31-October (whatever time zone you're in) 5. That somehow satisfies the prompt (artificial intelligence). Hopefully people participate. Challenge yourself. Challenge others.by NN S - Tea Room
Re: JaOctGoHoNo 2025, prompt? - 6 months ago
Anyone? I've been trying to come up with my own prompt and it's not great.by NN S - Tea Room
JaOctGoHoNo 2025, prompt? - 6 months ago
Has anyone decided on the prompt for this year's JaOctGoHoNo? If not, does anyone want to volunteer?by NN S - Tea Room
Haunting, end - 8 months ago
Chapter 5 Henry Tilney, Sr. looked haggard but very much alive. Behind him stood Henry's brother Frederick, looking weak or mortified. “Sir,” Henry replied automatically as he felt his chest constricting. “What are you doing here? How did you find me?” Henry Tilney, Sr. looked at his older son who only folded further in upon himself. “I have my ways,” he said, directing a deprecating smirk atby NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: Haunting, 3 - 8 months ago
And this story is not a faithful retelling of NA. It's more like me putting my blorbos in a different setting and imagining how they'll act. So don't use this story as a gauge for whether you'll like Austen's original. Basically, read NA; I think it's greatby NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Haunting, 4 - 8 months ago
Chapter 4 Eleanor had texted Henry last night when she got back to campus, and she called him in the morning when he didn't respond. His initial grogginess turned into grouchiness at Eleanor’s barrage of questions. Finally, he barked at her that the ghost was named Catherine and she had drowned in the pond in the backyard. Before Eleanor could properly apologize for badgering him, Henry told hby NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Haunting, 3 - 8 months ago
Chapter 3 Henry was pleased and dismayed at the same time that he had finally told someone about the ghost. It was a relief to admit it was real, and Eleanor deserved to know about the ghost before she moved into the cottage. But Fanny became the primary topic of conversation for the rest of the evening. Henry was forced to catalog every interaction and suspicion he had about Fanny. Eleanor wouby NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: Haunting, 2 - 8 months ago
Northanger Abbey is a great book! You should definitely read it. It's lighthearted, funny, and a quick read.by NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Haunting, 2 - 8 months ago
Chapter 2 Henry focused on the house, on doing the repair work that fit his limited skill set and on researching tradespeople who were needed for everything else. He received weekly emails from a lawyer about his mother's money and his father's incarceration, and the status of neither of them changed. He texted with Eleanor almost daily albeit not on important topics. He didn't want to weigh herby NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
A Haunting in Reverse, ch 1 of 5 - 9 months ago
I've split this into 5 chapters. There's some character death (e.g., Henry's mother) and dealing with depression related to grief. I hope you enjoy it. - NN S A Haunting in Reverse Blurb: Q: When is a haunting not a haunting? A: When the ghost is helpful and tidy and willing to play chess. Desperate to get away from his old life after the death of his mother, Henry Tilney moves into a remoby NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: The Mysteries of Count Eyepatch, or, Catherine, a Young Girl on an Adventure - 1 year ago
Lolmg! I absolutely loved the repetition about England being a Christian nation of laws!!!by NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Comfort and Joy (complete) - 1 year ago
Comfort and Joy Blurb: Mr. Bennet receives three interviews with (future) sons-in-law, to the tune of the Christmas carol, God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen. Mr. Wickham's Verse Greetings, Father Bennet, And how are you today? As you well know, the deed is done. There's nothing you can say, For I have wed your daughter. And now my debts are paid! Such a feeling of comfort and joy, Comfort and joy.by NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: Death's Dogsbody - 1 year ago
There were a couple of "badly done, Emma!"s on the cutting room floor for this one to get her to realize the horror of what she's done (still doing) not just to herself and her father. But this Emma wasn't about to change her mind after 5 decades of status quo with no real contact with someone she loves and respects to keep her human. Then again, it's a standard sunk cost fallacy: once we make a bby NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Notes - 1 year ago
Spoilers if you haven't read both stories from me this year. I really wanted to write a sequel to Chalice of Sorrow and Mask of Grief but I couldn't figure out how to get from conflict to resolution in a one shot. Maybe next year? Then I had the idea for Death's Dogsbody and started that. And then I stalled on DD in the conversation between Emma and George. Does he scold her for leaving her fathby NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Down the Road - 1 year ago
Blurb: How will the Longbourn Coven complete all five trials on the Witches' Road after one of them died? A JaOctGoHoNo challenge (prompt: enchantment) Yes, totally borrowed from Agatha All Along. Down the Road Of course, Mary thought, it had only been a matter of time before one of them died. This had been a monumentally stupid idea and she should have never agreed to this doomed quest. Withby NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: Boooots (JaGoHoNo 2024) - 1 year ago
Cackle! That was enchanting!by NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Death's Dogsbody - 1 year ago
Blurb: When Mr. George Knightley of Donwell Abbey dies, he finally remembers Miss Emma Woodhouse. Death's Dogsbody George Knightley startled awake, surprised to find himself sitting on a bench and anxious to discover if anyone else had noticed his impromptu nap. The room was not crowded -- there were perhaps a dozen benches arranged in the waiting area and most of them were empty -- and he feltby NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: JaOctGoHoNo 2024 prompt request - 1 year ago
Let's do it! Thank you for the prompt! Everyone, please participate as you canby NN S - Tea Room
JaOctGoHoNo 2024 prompt request - 1 year ago
Can someone who posted a story or comment in the last 12 months please volunteer a prompt for this year's JaOctGoHoNo? Your deadline is early 1-Oct. For new folks, JaOctGoHoNo is Jane Austen October Gothic Horror Nonsense (or something like that). It's pretty flexy. Be scary, be funny, be romantic, be you. The writing challenge is to produce: 1. A one shot 2. Based on the works of Jane Austen 3by NN S - Tea Room