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Re: Baby (3) - 2 years ago
Thank you so much for the comment. It's the only sign I've got that anyone is reading this story. There's 15 chapters total.by NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Baby (3) - 2 years ago
3: Breaking Bread Ten minutes later and the two of them were standing in a corner of the kitchen, out of the way of the cooks and dishwashers. Catherine was eating a chicken breast over a bed of rice while Henry was cutting into a steak. He placed a piece in his mouth and chewed and sighed in contentment. "I think the last solid food I had was lunch yesterday," he said before cutting another piby NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Baby (2) - 2 years ago
2: Aiding a Damsel in Distress Summary: an olive and two purses derail Henry's plans to have dinner with Mr. Sherman. Catherine Morland sat at the country club's bar and watched the bartenders prepare cocktails for the members and their guests. There was a bit of showmanship involved in mixing and pouring the drinks but Charlie clearly had the most flare, tossing garnishes like olives and cherriby NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: And Baby Makes Three (1) - 2 years ago
Agreed, it's a great movie! There's a physicality and choreography in screwball that makes it like an action movie, and wit and playfulness and joy.by NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
And Baby Makes Three (1) - 2 years ago
Blurb: Henry Tilney, paleontologist for a NY museum, is unwittingly roped into helping Catherine Morland take a leopard to a farm in Connecticut. NA as Bringing Up Baby. I watched BUB while it was streaming last year with my oldest kid and this is what I took away from it. I recognize that the main male character ( "David", aka Cary Grant) is not a very good Henry Tilney as Henry is more witty anby NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Sad news about Karentea - 2 years ago
I reached out to Karentea for a peer review and received a reply from her husband that she had passed on 5-Feb. No additional details.by NN S - Tea Room
What Starts In Vegas (one-shot) - 2 years ago
Blurb: In Vegas for Isabella's bachelorette party, Catherine wakes up with an heirloom wedding ring on her finger. And why is Henry Tilney convinced they got married last night? Modern AU. Thanks to Michelle for jogging this idea from my head. And happy new year to us all. However wonderful 2023 was to you, may 2024 be even better. What Starts In Vegas Catherine hated hangovers. They were tby NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: Whatever Happened to Mr. Bates (JaOctGoHoNo) - 2 years ago
My first draft had her praying for her husband, tying back to the title, but I like the open-ended vagueness for more spookiness.by NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: The Inner Thoughts and Wishes of Mr. Darcy (JaOctGoHoNo) - 2 years ago
That poor kitten! I honestly thought there'd be a blatant pun involving nuts but it worked to distract me from the twist(s) at the end.by NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Whatever Happened to Mr. Bates (JaOctGoHoNo) - 2 years ago
Blurb: Emma Woodhouse gets hold of something to answer her prayers about Harriet and Mr. Knightly. Mrs. Bates reveals what happened to her husband before Miss Woodhouse can use it. Whatever Happened to Mr. Bates Emma Woodhouse was shown into the sitting room even though it was not her day to call. Miss Emma had already visited the Bates family twice this week: once on her usual day, and once aby NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: JaOctGoHoNo 2023? - 2 years ago
1. Post a one shot 2. Written by you some time between now and when you post the prompt 3. Based on the works of Jane Austen 4. On 31-October (whatever timezone you're in) 5. That somehow satisfies the prompt (when the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers). It's pretty flexy. Be scary, be funny, be romantic, be you. We will love whatever you post.by NN S - Tea Room
Re: JaOctGoHoNo 2023? - 2 years ago
Let's do it! Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband: "I remember having read somewhere, in some strange book, that when the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers."by NN S - Tea Room
JaOctGoHoNo 2023? - 2 years ago
Has anyone decided on the prompt for this year's JaOctGoHoNo? If not, does anyone want to volunteer?by NN S - Tea Room
Re: Estancia Aldea Norteña 33: Nuevas Posibilidades de Todos - 3 years ago
Yeah, it took me a bit, but I eventually realized that Gen Tilney was forcing Figueroa to back down from supporting Catherine by either betting him during their golf games or by threatening to call in golf debts.by NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: Estancia Aldea Norteña 29: Amor en Movimiento - 3 years ago
Yeah, yeah, sure, he almost kissed her, but DID YOU SEE that he trusts her with his phone?by NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: Estancia Aldea Norteña 26: Hay Revelación - 3 years ago
Ha! She knows how to make his coffeeby NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: Estancia Aldea Norteña: Consuelo en Amigos - 3 years ago
I love this chapter, the way Henry forgives/protects Catherine from her excesses.by NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: Estancia Aldea Norteña 19: Riesgo Cardíaco - 3 years ago
This is always a frustrating moment in canon. Frederick & Isabella are flirting like mad, Catherine knows in her gut it's wrong, but she can't find someone to help her do anything about it except trust and wait.by NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: Invitación - 3 years ago
Amused by the whole "beware of your supervisor!" when it turned out to be Henry all along. I suppose this is him teasing her about what gothic horror awaits her at the abbey?by NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: Ritmo Roto - 3 years ago
I think the Aguirres have Isabella figured out, and it's a shame Javier has to find out the long wayby NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: Encore - 3 years ago
Lol, thanks for the reminder of that story.by NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: Estancia Aldea Norteña 11: Complicacións - 3 years ago
Henry/Catherine is my fave, but I also love Catherine & Eleanor!by NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: Estancia Aldea Norteña 7: Estar Remando en Dulce de Leche - 3 years ago
I prefer to like James Morland. He ticks off the Honorable Man and Jilted Lover spots on my bingo card which are v sympathetic, likeable spots. But I forget that he's also Annoying Family Member and Seriously Blind in canon. I have a feeling that it will be hard for me to feel too bad for him when EAN reaches the jilting but I guess that's what makes him such a great & versatile character.by NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: Estancia Aldea Norteña 5: “Someone Who Needs Me” - 3 years ago
Every time I read your Thorpe, I want to yell at him and rescue Catherine. I feel like you've turned him up to 11by NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: Estancia Aldea Norteña 2: Encuentro Sorpresivo - 3 years ago
I like that you were able to preserve dancing as part of their meet cute. I gotta say, I'm dreading the Thorpes.by NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Drummer Boy/Lazy Dad - 3 years ago
It's still the Christmas season, right? Drummer Boy/Lazy Dad I "Go," she said to me. parrum pa pum-pum "A new neighbor to see." parrum pa pum-pum We have five girls unwed parrum pa pum-pum Who'll save them when I'm dead? parrum pa pum-pum rum pa pum-pum rum pa pum-pum So I'll make a call parrum pa pum-pum To Netherfield. II He's an eager man, parrum pa pum-pum Not born aby NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: A Congregation of Clerics - JaOctGoNo2022 - 3 years ago
"... he had brought his Bible along with him and he COULD NOT THINK OF A BETTER USE for it than for pressing and preserving a plucked tulip." Indeed!by NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Bones of Saint-Sang (JaOctGoHoNo) - 3 years ago
Blurb: Mr. and Mrs. Willoughby go sightseeing in France, with disastrous results. A JaOctGoHoNo challenge. 2022 prompt is Betton Woods. The Bones of Saint-Sang By NocturnalNefarious Spook "That which walks in Betton Wood Knows why it walks or why it cries." M. R. James, A Neighbour's Landmark John Willoughby did not like his wife. Some men lived their lives in ignorant bliss and died happy menby NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Notes - 3 years ago
I hope this puts you in a Halloween mood. I hope it wasn't too horrid. It felt fairly true to the Marianne who got deathly sick after W jilted her. And if you want a happier ending, the ending I tried to write first splits off right before Nelly offers to kill Marianne. Basically, Brandon notices the maid and asks who she is. Nelly reveals herself to be a devil who will own Marianne's soul afteby NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Cost of Wishes, 3 (end) - 3 years ago
Part 3 The affianced lovers were celebrated throughout the neighborhood, constantly invited to dine or take tea at every house, for every member of the community found something charming in them. After the first two weeks, Marianne found it all quite fatiguing. All she wanted was the perfect communion of spirits that they had experienced during the time which she called their courtship. How sheby NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild