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Comfort and Joy (complete) - 7 days 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 - 6 weeks 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 - 6 weeks 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 - 6 weeks 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) - 6 weeks ago
Cackle! That was enchanting!by NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Death's Dogsbody - 6 weeks 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 - 2 months ago
Let's do it! Thank you for the prompt! Everyone, please participate as you canby NN S - Tea Room
JaOctGoHoNo 2024 prompt request - 2 months 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
Watch the movie! - 5 months ago
Let me second this: Watch the movie! It's amazing and the physical humor has to be seen to be fully appreciated. And thank you, Jessy, for commentingby NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: Baby (15, end) - 5 months ago
That's not very Austen of you, but I agree. If it helps,,, he failed to really punish his nephew and niece. Henry and Eleanor both got to live out their own personal Happily Ever After -- romantically and professionally -- while Uncle Errol had to deal with the shadowy gossip that he had somehow deeply offended the generous and well respected Allen Foundation. Nothing was ever stated unequivocallyby NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Baby (15, end) - 5 months ago
Summary: Happily ever after. And special thanks to Harvey for keeping me motivated to keep posting here 15: A New Sovereign The taxi pulled up to a familiar farmhouse and Henry paid the driver. It was a small fare from the train station to Allen Farm but Henry preferred to ride rather than walk the distance. Arriving footsore and disheveled was hardly festive, after all. The front door wasby NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: Baby (14, almost done) - 5 months ago
FF writers have crazy hobbies and our search engine history paints an interesting picture. I did research on American Buffalo and their numbers, what their endangered status was in the 1930s, how they were hunted and eventually conserved. I looked up various fossil sites in the American west -- I think I settled on Wyoming before I found the site I wanted to mimic, but I am glad I could make itby NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Baby (14, almost done) - 5 months ago
Summary: Henry goes west to the dig site. 14. Exiled to a Distant Land After being fired in spectacular fashion and being told that everyone employed at the dig site was also terminated “effective immediately”, Henry had the dubious honor of explaining to the director and the board that the dig out west was paid in advance through the end of the quarter. The team would likely need the next twoby NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: Baby (13) - 5 months ago
The disappointing thing with many of Austen's villains is a lack of satisfying comeuppance. I'll leave it up to you to decide after the last chapter if I followed Austen's path or not.by NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: Baby (13) - 5 months ago
They're the same. I just double clicked when submitting. (Impatient!) I don't see a delete option, so ADMINS, PLEASE DELETE THIS THREAD.by NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: Baby (12) - 5 months ago
The next chapter is a bit of a downer but necessaryby NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Baby (13) - 5 months ago
Summary: The leopard is found! 13. Might Makes Right Catherine's guess about where to find Baby was completely right. And after having slaked its thirst at the farm’s pond, the leopard was docile enough to be herded into its third car of the day. Catherine drove with due haste back to the police station to provide concrete proof that their original story was not a fantastical fiction. She made aby NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Baby (13) - 5 months ago
Summary: The leopard is found! 13. Might Makes Right Catherine's guess about where to find Baby was completely right. And after having slaked its thirst at the farm’s pond, the leopard was docile enough to be herded into its third car of the day. Catherine drove with due haste back to the police station to provide concrete proof that their original story was not a fantastical fiction. She made aby NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Baby (12) - 5 months ago
Summary: Officer Newsom makes more arrests. 12: Dungeon Henry was poor, taciturn company in the jail cell but Catherine kept talking as if her words might wear down the lock holding her there. There was, after all, so much to say: that Sacha would never accuse her of stealing his car; that the officer was obviously new to his post and didn't know people in the area; that she and Henry could jusby NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: Baby (10) - 5 months ago
Okay, I can definitely see the Henry Tilney vibe in this.by NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: Baby (10) - 5 months ago
I had to Google Jane Powell but wow she looks like a Cathy! Agree to disagree on Fonda. In my defense: Cary Grant.by NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Baby (11) - 5 months ago
Summary: How Errol Tilney spent his day. 11: Interlude Mr. Errol Tinley ran his museum with clarity and purpose. His department heads knew what he expected of them, and they worked diligently toward those goals by ensuring the employees and volunteers in their departments knew what was expected of them in turn. If anyone didn't know what they needed to do or if they failed to do it, they had noby NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Baby (10) - 6 months ago
Summary: Henry and Catherine are arrested. 10: The Squire Catherine felt helpless as her aunt nearly dragged her into the farmhouse. She wasn't physically powerless, but her aunt was so overcome with worry that Catherine couldn't add to it by chasing after a leopard. Well, Catherine couldn't let her aunt know that she was chasing after a leopard. Mrs. Allen told Susan all about Baby, and howby NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: Baby (9) - 6 months ago
I know. The farther I got into the story, the more it deviated. Part of that is because I couldn't remember the movie details clearly by then (and it was dropped from streaming so I couldn't check), and part of it was the characters needing to be more NA than BUB, and part was just me being myselfby NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Baby (9) - 6 months ago
Summary: Baby is found, then lost, then hunted. 9: The Hunt Henry followed George all over the farm, back to the house to sit with Mrs. Allen and Mr. Thorpe, and then out again; Catherine followed Henry. She tried to be encouraging but every freshly dug hole that failed to reveal the missing fossil made Henry's expression more grim. And every time the dog temporarily abandoned his game to trotby NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Baby (8) - 6 months ago
Summary: Meet John Thorpe, big game hunter. 8: Wild Boar/Bore Catherine parked the car in the garage next to Mr. Sherman's vehicle. She got out and stood next to Henry, gaping at the empty stall. "Henry, where's Baby?" she asked in a voice of dreamlike worry. "I don't know, Catherine," Henry replied. "How did he get out?" "I don't know, Catherine." "Why would he go anywhere? We left him fby NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: Baby (7) - 6 months ago
Henry's briefly in that flimsy robe and towel, which Catherine is too polite to fully admire, but yes, no jumping around in front of Mrs. Allen in just a robe.by NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: Baby (6) - 6 months ago
It makes me really happy to read this! And I hope you like the next chapterby NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Baby (7) - 6 months ago
Summary: Henry dresses up like a fool. Something important goes missing. 7: The Fool's Motley Catherine didn't want to upset her aunt by giving Henry anything to wear that was of special sentimental value so she went down to the kitchen to ask about spare clothes. Susan pointed out that Catherine's brother had left some clothes behind the last time he had spent the night and offered to take Henrby NN S - Derbyshire Writers' Guild