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Re: Another Month Complete 8 - 2 years ago

I am sooo excited to see you writing again. I adore your older works and this new story makes clear you having lost a step or your wonderful voice! I don’t know how else to contact you, but my partner and I (both JAFF authors) are publishing Jane Austen variations, both new and the classics, and we would love for you to join our roster of amazing authors. Please check out our website www.quillsan
by jancat - Derbyshire Writers' Guild

Re: JanetR - 4 years ago

Thanks for sharing the sad news here, Deb. We will miss Janet's sparkling wit and her generously shared expertise on all things Jane Austen.
by jancat - Tea Room

Re: An Even Path: Post 6 - 5 years ago

Enjoying the little tweaks, enhancements, and changes, Bernadette. Because yes, I am reading this again and will at the other site as well. Your story is a familiar friend.
by jancat - Derbyshire Writers' Guild

Re: Love's Adagio: Chapter 1 and 2 - 6 years ago

I'm always happy to revisit the world of ABF, no matter which couple you might want to focus on. And this portrait of young love and redemption is just what I needed today. Looking forward to it.
by jancat - Derbyshire Writers' Guild

Re: The Way It Ought to Be, Chapter 18 - 6 years ago

Wonderfully written, as your stories always are, and full of poignancy and wit and memorable characterizations. Thank you for sharing, Suzanne.
by jancat - Derbyshire Writers' Guild

Re: The Way it Ought to Be, chapter 6 - 6 years ago

This story is all things wonderful and witty and smart. Thank you.
by jancat - Derbyshire Writers' Guild

Re: Beautiful Celebrations: Parts 4 and 5 - Complete - 6 years ago

Oh, these updates have been absolutely lovely. Life continues but so much comes full circle as well. I enjoyed the peek at Will's ancestry, and the long journey he and Elizabeth took to adopting Nicholas. And it was sweet to have a return trip to Ciao Claretta, and see how all these characters have grown and matured. Thank you, Bernadette!
by jancat - Derbyshire Writers' Guild

Re: Beautiful Celebrations: Part 2 - 6 years ago

Thank you for giving us a look at this marriage of equals. Will has learned to allow himself to be human, to show weakness and enjoy the care and attentions of the strong, healthy woman he had helped during her sickest days. It is a selfless, unconditional, tender love. Now...I do wonder about Dougal McKenna and whether he has found some happiness.
by jancat - Derbyshire Writers' Guild

Re: Beautiful Celebrations: A Beautiful Friendship Piece - 6 years ago

Oh, Bernadette, sorry I am late to the party, but I'm thrilled to see these wonderful characters again. These glimpses you give us of these immensely likable people are a gift. You breathe life and realism into their love story and their earnestness as a young couple. It was great fun to see them through the eyes of the hotel housekeepers. I'm looking forward to the next installment. Thank you!
by jancat - Derbyshire Writers' Guild

The Better Angels of Their Nature - 6 years ago

Haven't posted anything for a while as I have foolishly mired myself in writing both a long modern and long Regency. I hope this short playground piece will push me to finish one of them. The Better Angels of Their Nature In which Charles Bingley confronts the laxity of his parenting skills, the Darcys roll their eyes, and Caroline has a baby. 1822: On the road to Pemberley “Be good. Pleas
by jancat - Derbyshire Writers' Guild

Re: Beautiful Moments: Part 2 of 2 (Conclusion) - 7 years ago

Oh, those scenes were just wonderful, Bernadette. All of them, but my favorite, of course, is the one I pushed on you. Questions a girl in love doesn't want to ask (but wishes for answers to) and that an ardent young man doesn't think matter, not now that he has her love. Thank you so much. I need to re-read the whole story.
by jancat - Derbyshire Writers' Guild

Re: Beautiful Moments: Part 1 - 7 years ago

So happy to see you adding on to this wonderful story. It's very difficult to capture the essence of young but profound love; ABF does it so well, with so many different personalities. Now...will you dig up that long-lost scene of Elizabeth hearing about Darcy's previous dating adventures? SO many opportunities for her to tease him... Thanks, Bernadette!
by jancat - Derbyshire Writers' Guild

Re: A Singular Accident (DNA) - 7 years ago

As a major fan of yearning scene, this was lovely, Renee. So many wonderfully evocative turns of phrase. This one stuck in my head for so well capturing Darcy's thoughts: QuoteThe expectancy in her features pulsed like a warning beacon. He was missing something vital—like one of those moments when Georgiana chose the middle of a Longhorns’ game to ask his opinion. To answer correctly, he needed t
by jancat - Derbyshire Writers' Guild

And Never A Cross Word - 7 years ago

Haven't posted anything here in a while since my last two stories featured a few too many dirty words or salacious bits (blame the Colonel). But I was in a pensive mood when I wrote this and thought it might find a home here. Someone once said it takes a village to raise a child. Sometimes that village includes the hired help. And Never A Cross Word Darcy sighed. He looked down at the face so f
by jancat - Derbyshire Writers' Guild

Re: Elegy - 8 years ago

A small, lovely piece of writing. You captured Fanny and Edmund quite well. Thanks.
by jancat - Derbyshire Writers' Guild

Re: Prosperity and Pretension (ch. 1-3) - 8 years ago

Lovely, impassioned writing. I hope there will be future chapters exploring their marriage, and perhaps a bit more of the Colonels's POV. His insights were sadly sweet.
by jancat - Derbyshire Writers' Guild

Re: Ephemera - 8 years ago

So much beautiful writing here. This is a lovely piece, especially to read now, in the depths of a cold winter. QuoteAnd the children. He could not think of the children, not when his memories were so intimately connected to that grief, the bright nights he dreamed of Mother and the dark mornings he woke to find her gone. Compassion squeezed his breast. He would do what he could to help them, whe
by jancat - Derbyshire Writers' Guild

Re: A Dream Deferred - Chapter 26 - 8 years ago

Vividly written! I'm a bit surprised by Will's lack of awareness that the world has a refugee crisis, though.
by jancat - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
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