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Re: Jane Bennet's Box - JaOctGoHoNo 2019 - one shot - 4 years ago

What a hoot! And it's surprising to me how few people know this about pigs.
by Harvey S. - Derbyshire Writers' Guild

Re: An Escort to Netherfield - One Shot - October short story - 4 years ago

Thanks for posting this one here, too. There is an overlap, but this site has some readers who aren't at 'the other place'.
by Harvey S. - Derbyshire Writers' Guild

Re: Consequences of a call - One Shot - September short story - 4 years ago

Glad to see this making over here, too. Spread the joy!
by Harvey S. - Derbyshire Writers' Guild

Re: Looking for a book... - 4 years ago

Is that "Darcy By Any Other Name", by Laura Hile?
by Harvey S. - Tea Room

Re: Is the Jane Austen Fanfiction Index working???? - 4 years ago

http://www.jaffindex.com worked for me just now.
by Harvey S. - Tea Room

Re: Five Little Ducks - Part Two (Complete) - 4 years ago

Lovely story.
by Harvey S. - Derbyshire Writers' Guild

Re: FYI: ARCHIVING IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN (finally!!) - 4 years ago

Thank you.
by Harvey S. - Derbyshire Writers' Guild

Re: The Worst Day of Her Life : One Shot - 5 years ago

For me, too. One of the things that bums me out about P&P is that Jane basically needs to accept Bingley when he comes back. She deserved better, and she didn't even get to be furious with Darcy and Caroline. In this scenario I'm picturing a Bingley who wouldn't have listened (but would have worried) when those two interfered. I would like to see a longer story with this character - she's grea
by Harvey S. - Derbyshire Writers' Guild

Re: The Worst Day of Her Life : One Shot - 5 years ago

That was cathartic!
by Harvey S. - Derbyshire Writers' Guild

Re: Until I Hear It From You, Jane-One Shot - 5 years ago

That was fun. Thanks.
by Harvey S. - Derbyshire Writers' Guild

Re: Looking for stories - 5 years ago

Do you mean 'The Gardiner Connection'? It was posted at another site, and listed in the Jane Austen Fanfiction Index (at least if you have access to one of the sites containing it). I've been enjoying "Happier in Her Friends Than Relations" and the recently completed "Nine Ladies", to name the first two that came to mind (I've enjoyed quite a few of the stories that I've been following lately).
by Harvey S. - Tea Room

Re: Colonel Fitzwilliam's fortune - 5 years ago

That all seems reasonable to me.
by Harvey S. - Tea Room

Re: Colonel Fitzwilliam's fortune - 5 years ago

I have always supposed that Rosing's income was 8000 pounds per year, and given Lady C's spending habits, that this was all she had. Pemberley was said to be 10000 pounds per year - I am not convinced this number was authoritative, as opposed to Bingley's fortune, which Austen tells us about, but even if we accept it I am convinced that Darcy's income is more, and possibly much more, than he gets
by Harvey S. - Tea Room

Re: Looking for a story - 5 years ago

Is this the one where at some point Jane gets a pair of glasses? And Jane isn't altogether admirable? For some reason I'm blanking on the name.
by Harvey S. - Tea Room

Re: First Words - Part 2 - 5 years ago

Very funny!
by Harvey S. - Derbyshire Writers' Guild

Re: First Words - A Soul Mark Story - 5 years ago

Fun. Did you ever see the movie TiMER? Sort of the same idea, except that in addition to signalling your soul-mate, it also had a count-down that estimated how long until you meet them (which only worked if both of you had the device).
by Harvey S. - Derbyshire Writers' Guild

Re: The Predator, the Prey, and the Protector (10th Installment) - 5 years ago

Thanks for the explanations. And thanks for the story - it's a lot of fun.
by Harvey S. - Derbyshire Writers' Guild

Re: The Predator, the Prey, and the Protector (10th Installment) - 5 years ago

I remembered that, but what is the past in a different reality? Presumable the past in the P&P universe is whatever is documented, but that stopped not long after E&D got married. Certainly P&P doesn't say anything about Bingley being murdered. So my question was, even if the past in the real world can't be changed, what about in these fictional universes? Are they sort of 'many worlds
by Harvey S. - Derbyshire Writers' Guild

Re: The Predator, the Prey, and the Protector (10th Installment) - 5 years ago

Probably this question has been answered before, but has it been explained whether people can change the text of P&P by going into that time/world, or is that impossible because it might change the world they are from?
by Harvey S. - Derbyshire Writers' Guild

Congratulations - 5 years ago

Congratulations on the job and your lovely wife. This reminds me of an old bit from Firesign Theater: "President of the World Bank and you still have time to bake the best chicory pie in all of Lompoc!" Although in your case, Chief of Police and you still have time to write fanfic. Thanks for sharing your story with us, too;
by Harvey S. - Tea Room

Re: wild, wild plot idea - 5 years ago

I like the idea of it being Mary. By the third kid they're worried, so they pull the con, thinking if they have a son later they can undo it somehow. And Lydia would have to be much more under control as the one of P&P might think it a good joke to reveal the family secrets.
by Harvey S. - Tea Room

Re: wild, wild plot idea - 5 years ago

This has already been answered by others, but my understanding is that most entailments were generation-skipping ones. Mr X has a property he wants to protect, and so he leaves it to his eldest grandson, as yet unborn. When his son turns 21, Mr X makes him sign the same sort of document for himself, since if he doesn't sign it, Mr X withholds the son's allowance. Given how lazy the P&P Mr B
by Harvey S. - Tea Room

Re: Regency Reference Materials - 5 years ago

No wonder I enjoy your stories so much! You make me feel like a slacker for reading one or two books and a few web pages and making the rest up.
by Harvey S. - Tea Room

Re: Ages of the Bingleys - 5 years ago

I feel certain Louisa is the eldest, and in my mind Caroline is the youngest, but others here have made good arguments that it could be Charles who is the youngest (or they might be twins). Depending on the plot line I'm pursuing, I sometimes change canon to make Hurst a good guy (and a preexisting friendship with Darcy is the source of the connection to the family) and his marriage with Louisa i
by Harvey S. - Tea Room

Re: some help please? - 6 years ago

Sure. It's a site for people interested in Jane Austen (and related) fan fiction that share stories and discuss them. The rules are to use your real name instead of aliases, to be civil and supporting, and to not discuss or share anything which isn't PG. It's a very welcoming place, so I hope it suits you, once you change your name to whatever it actually is.
by Harvey S. - Tea Room

Re: Tales of HMS Laconia, Part 1 of 4 - 6 years ago

Rousing! Thanks.
by Harvey S. - Derbyshire Writers' Guild

Re: Chief of Police Jim Doherty - 6 years ago

Congratulations. I guess there will be fewer stories going forward for the rest of us, so there is a slight downside...
by Harvey S. - Tea Room

Re: Distinguishing quotes - 6 years ago

Personally, I don't think it's necessary to indicate text taken from one of the books. Miss Austen doesn't mind us reusing her words, and most of us can probably recognize the quotes. However, if it is important to you, then I find changing the color to purple to be the least jarring and still distinguishable.
by Harvey S. - Tea Room

Re: Looking for a story - 6 years ago

A Gentleman in the Making? On another site.
by Harvey S. - Tea Room

Re: Piece in Latest ALFRED HITCHCOCK MYSTERY MAGAZINE - 6 years ago

Congratulations.
by Harvey S. - Tea Room
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