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Still here and update soon! - 15 days ago
Sorry to everyone about my extended maternity leave from A Lesson in the Theatre. My two-year-old's inability to go to sleep at night and endless houseguests (though they are helpful!) have gotten in the way of my revising and editing. I get a paragraph done and then Jamie is up on my keyboard demanding attention or April decides to eat again. The wonderful weather has hurt productivity too. Babyby Allison OM - Tea Room
Re: Seeking JAFF Index full-display consents, try 2 - 7 weeks ago
Hi Victoria-- blanket permission for any current or future story to appear in the index. Sorry for not getting back to you right away. Very small baby here! Thanks, Allisonby Allison OM - Tea Room
In lieu of an update this week... - 2 months ago
April Johanna OM 7 lb, 9 oz. 19 inches long Born 4-12-13, 2:31 PM Perfect, of course Mama, baby doing great. Daddy tired. Big brother leery but curiousby Allison OM - Tea Room
A Lesson in the Theatre, Chapters 13-14 - 2 months ago
One day early because this baby keeps giving hints of coming at some point and I don't want to leave you hanging. There are still some absurdly awkward sentences but I think you all prefer timeliness to perfection! I think we're a little over halfway through. (Again, hard to tell as I keep adding chapters. The original story was purely episodic.) First two technical notes. I’ve just realized Worby Allison OM - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: Nature of the Beast ch 1-2 - 2 months ago
Don't let them pressure you about the posting schedule. I also try to take pity on the moderators and not post more than once a week, even when I'm running ahead in editing (which I never am). But everybody always wants more! It's a very high compliment. (And writing twenty finished, edited pages at a time is a ton-- think about if a teacher or professor required that much writing of their studenby Allison OM - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: The Brighton Effect - Chapter Six - 2 months ago
ASH! ASH! ASH! ASH! I wonder how you are going to weave this into the Darcy/Lizzy story. I love it when you make them show up in the backgrounds of your stories as such less-than-perfect characters that they annoy the purists. (Not that they are every bad people, just that you make them less interesting than the characters you focus on, which is super fun to think about.) OK, so I know Lydia aby Allison OM - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: A Man of No Consequence - Chapter Four - 2 months ago
It shows how unreformed Darcy is that has not made a single call-- he has been so antisocial with both the staff AND the community that everyone is still this clueless. Yeah, I thought the stalking was a wee bit much too for me to totally want Elizabeth to fall for him at this point. You'll have to reform that part of him too, when you give him whatever Hunsford-style set down. : )by Allison OM - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: The Brighton Effect - Chapter Five - 2 months ago
Ash to the rescue! Ash to the rescue! I'm not as much of a fan of Darcy rescuing Lizzy all the time in fanfic-- but she's a stronger more grown-up character. Poor Kitty needs a knight in shining armor! (Though if it's some ragged heart-o-gold old lady that gets her home, that might be a good wake-up call too...)by Allison OM - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: Of Masks and Men - Chapter Fifteen - End - 2 months ago
In my twisted sense of humor, I thought this was the perfect ending. After all, Batman NEVER gets the girl, does he? Not in the end. He's a bit of a sociopath, really. Georgiana as Catwoman throws a bit of a curve into the sexual tension that usually exists between her and Batman-- I had though it was going to be Anne, for that reason. If you do do a sequel, Darcy needs a butler. Fun romp. Apby Allison OM - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: Adventures at Morecastle, Part 4 - 2 months ago
I wonder that too-- that was my primary thought. Caroline is an... idiot. Though it's hilarious that she showed up so early because Bingley can't write properly. That was a giggle moment. Having fun with this-- are Lizzy and Darcy going to have one day together without an incident? It's not boding well for their married life. : )by Allison OM - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
A Lesson in the Theatre, Chapters 11-12 - 2 months ago
(Thank you everyone for all of your thoughtful comments! your speculation is interesting-- I shall not comment, but I promise that Colonel Fitzwilliam was not a "scumbag--" at least I don't think he was. The worst person in this story is the Earl-- everyone else has redeeming characteristics, and even the Earl, well you'll see, he's not pure evil, just a big jerk. No Darcys in these bits-- they dby Allison OM - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: An Irate Visitor from Kent - 2 months ago
Have you ever been to a Shaker settlement? They had adult-sized cradles for the ill and infirm. At one of them I've visited, they let you lie in one, which makes for some very silly photos. Very comfy if a bit odd. It's what I had in my mind when I read that line.by Allison OM - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: Adventures at Morecastle, Part 2 - 2 months ago
Delightfully absurd. Young ladies do love ruins, Mr. Bingley. I quite agree.by Allison OM - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: A Man of No Consequence - Chapter Three - 2 months ago
Very clearly a housekeeper, not a cook-- if one is to cast aspersions on the realism of social classes, one should appreciate the difference. Easy to justify. They grew up together. Mrs Philips was raised in class through the course of their childhood, Mrs. Nichols lowered. But Mrs. Nichols is genteel enough. At least for the known-to-be vulgar Mrs. Philips. On her day off, she dares visit herby Allison OM - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: A Lesson in the Theatre, Chapters 9-10 - 2 months ago
Deleted scene actually. Anne likes London after being shut away at a country estate all of her life and doesn't want to go, especially with the Little Season looming. And she is very touchy about her new-found independence, She will visit Pemberley before the end of the story but during the winter and not for so very long.by Allison OM - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: A Lesson in the Theatre, Chapters 9-10 - 2 months ago
Oh, I forgot to thank everyone for their comments. They are truly appreciated, especially since I know when the board is very crowded, it is a pain to leave them, since you want to move on and read the next bit.by Allison OM - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
A Lesson in the Theatre, Chapters 9-10 - 2 months ago
Chapter 9 It did not take many days before Anne began to feel like a new woman. She walked out every day, pretending to be a heroine. Her head was held high, but her demeanor of course must reflect some underlying sadness. If she was not a woman in mourning, she could act as a woman in mourning. Sometimes she walked down the promenades of the fashionable neighborhoods and spent time in the shoby Allison OM - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: All Darcy Could Do (Longer Version)--Chapter 10 - 2 months ago
I'm enjoying this story very much. Darcy is having a slow-motion Hunsford, which is harder to write convincingly I think than a single set down, and you are doing a lovely job of it. He clearly was unprepared for this meeting, and while Mr Bennet is AWFUL (and I love me some awful Mr. Bennet), it is interesting that even after all his missteps at Rosings he hasn't figured out that the man might tby Allison OM - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: A Man of No Consequence - Chapter Two - 2 months ago
HAHAHAHAHA. Bingley's staff are a bunch of incompetents. And terrible at gossip. I'm wonderfully amused. Darcy is awfully thick as well. Even more full of himself than in canon if he expects Lizzy to immediately figure out who he is even though he clearly sees and admits she shows no recognition of his name or position. Also, one would think he would have enough sense to inquire locally about otby Allison OM - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
A Lesson in the Theatre, Chapters 6-8 - 2 months ago
Such interesting replies! When the first couple of comments appeared I wondered if I had not written Anne with enough sympathy. Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't want to hang out with her either (yet), but I hoped I had explained a bit why she might be so introverted and unable to express herself. Lizbeth's comment about Anne almost having Asberger's, and also nastasiat's comment about seeing casesby Allison OM - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: *squeaks happily* A chapter! - 3 months ago
Yay! If the mysterious gentleman is Ash, then we know who is brother is, and Wickham is going down. Love Ash. (Never sure about his preference for much younger, naive women... though I love your Kitty). Your Mrs. Foster is even more ridiculous than I imagined. I want to slap her. I wonder how THAT marriage came about.by Allison OM - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: A Lesson In the Theatre-- Chapter 1 - 3 months ago
OK, I have to respond to this one because I totally defended my dissertation 37 weeks pregnant with my first. It didn't even occur to me that that might not be a good idea! My husband took off work to drive me 2 hours to my defense, and I was, like, "I feel great, why are you bothering?" This time I got all my hardcore nesting out of the way second trimester, so writing feels great.by Allison OM - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
A Lesson in the Theatre, Chapters 2-5 - 3 months ago
Thank you for all the encouragement everyone! I might start to respond to comments, but I think I'll leave them be for now and let the story speak for itself for a little while. Except to clarify that the Colonel is not evil or bad in this story. He had his own problems. But we'll get there. Also, I realize so far this story is a bit melodramatic for my own taste. It's going to be tough to get Anby Allison OM - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
A Lesson In the Theatre-- Chapter 1 - 3 months ago
A Lesson in the Theatre -a short novella about the life and love of the former Miss Anne deBourgh- Chapter 1 The wedding night had been perfunctory at best. She had anticipated it since the engagement, as short as that had been. She did not particularly like the man, to be sure. But she did not dislike him. And he was not so unattractive that she was unable to expect some amount of pleasuby Allison OM - Derbyshire Writers' Guild