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Nights in White Linen - COMPLETE - 6 years ago

Nights in White Linen Regency ~ E ~ one-shot ~ COMPLETE Blurb: Back in London, Darcy contemplates his ill-delivered proposal to Elizabeth Bennet. A P&P short story. DNA: Greetings, folks. The following bit came to mind when I heard that the Moody Blues were FINALLY getting into the Rock & Roll Hall of fame. Enjoy. RA ~*~*~ Nights in White Linen by Jack Caldwell May, 1812: London FITZ
by Jack C. - Derbyshire Writers' Guild

Re: Kindle JA FF recommendations please - 6 years ago

That's Very Sweet, Kathy. Thanks!
by Jack C. - Tea Room

Making Her Sentiments Known - COMPLETE - 7 years ago

Making Her Sentiments Known by Jack Caldwell Regency ~ E ~ humor ~ one-shot ~ COMPLETE Blurb: Lady Catherine visits Longbourn. Yeah, yeah, we know – but things don’t turn out like you expect. A P&P short story. DNA: Greetings, folks. Jack Caldwell here. The following bit of nonsense popped into my head a few weeks ago and the muse would not rest (and let me work on ROSINGS PARK) until I wrot
by Jack C. - Derbyshire Writers' Guild

Re: Tales of HMS Laconia, Part 4 of 4 (COMPLETE) - 7 years ago

Oh, I'm not that harsh. The Musgroves are good people--much better than the Elliots (save one). Charles is an improved Bingley, and the girls are young, loving, and mean to be kind. Sure they're silly, but weren't we all in our teenaged years? They'll be fine.
by Jack C. - Derbyshire Writers' Guild

Re: Tales of HMS Laconia, Part 4 of 4 (COMPLETE) - 7 years ago

I read Charles as a good, honest, faithful, kindhearted dunderhead--not much of a filter, there. Still a nice guy to go hunting with.
by Jack C. - Derbyshire Writers' Guild

Tales of HMS Laconia, Part 4 of 4 (COMPLETE) - 7 years ago

DNA: So, here we go with our last installment of this collection. I do hope you have enjoyed them. RA ~*~*~ Story Four: The Musgrove Family Laments Their Poor, Lost Dickie “And I will tell you our reason,” she added, “and all about it. I am come on to give you notice that Papa and Mamma are out of spirits this evening, especially Mamma. She is thinking so much of poor Richard! And we agreed it
by Jack C. - Derbyshire Writers' Guild

Re: Tales of HMS Laconia, Part 3 of 4 - 7 years ago

It will. It's called PERSUADED TO SAIL, Book Three of Jane Austen's Fighting Men, to be published in 2018. I'm sneaky that way.
by Jack C. - Derbyshire Writers' Guild

Re: Tales of HMS Laconia, Part 3 of 4 - 7 years ago

When the girls are cute, one does not consider such things! LOL!
by Jack C. - Derbyshire Writers' Guild

Tales of HMS Laconia, Part 3 of 4 - 7 years ago

DNA We’re going to change things up a bit with this story. How about some humor, eh? RA ~*~*~ Story Three: The Tale of Dick Musgrove, Scrub SCRUB – An insignificant or contemptible person; (in sports) a player not among the best or most skilled. --- Oxford English Dictionary ~*~*~ Summer of 1812 – HMS Laconia, in the Mediterranean Sea THIS IS A TALE of a scrub. Not just any scrub. Certainly
by Jack C. - Derbyshire Writers' Guild

Re: Tales of HMS Laconia, Part 2 of 4 - 7 years ago

Fortunately, we know when they meet again.
by Jack C. - Derbyshire Writers' Guild

Re: Tales of HMS Laconia, Part 2 of 4 - 7 years ago

QuoteStokes interests me, with his loyalty and rescue of Wentworth. I wonder what you have in store for him? Stokes and the rest of the loyal crew of HMS Laconia are featured in my upcoming sequel to Persuasion, PERSUADED TO SAIL, Book Three of Jane Austen's Fighting Men, coming in 2018.
by Jack C. - Derbyshire Writers' Guild

Tales of HMS Laconia, Part 2 of 4 - 7 years ago

Here we go with Story #2 of this collection. The first one was action and daring-do. Now we explore terror and suspense … ~*~*~ Story Two: The Wreck of HMS Asp January 1808 – Plymouth, Devonshire “COMMANDER WENTWORTH,” ANNOUNCED THE marine guard formally, “you are called.” Wentworth rose smartly to his feet, refusing to show either nervousness or fear, even though his career was at stake. He
by Jack C. - Derbyshire Writers' Guild

Re: Tales of HMS Laconia, Part 1 of 4 - 7 years ago

Wait till you see Part Two.
by Jack C. - Derbyshire Writers' Guild

Re: Tales of HMS Laconia, Part 1 of 4 - 7 years ago

Thank you!
by Jack C. - Derbyshire Writers' Guild

Re: Death & Life—A Vignette (COMPLETE) - 7 years ago

It was the original title, and it made more sense back then. After the re-write, my Beta Babes and I couldn't come up with a better one, so we kept it. Glad you enjoyed it!
by Jack C. - Derbyshire Writers' Guild

Re: The ship's original name. - 7 years ago

I've read a lot of O'Brian and Forester. Apparently, if the Brits liked the name, they kept it. It's not like the French didn't know they stole it. Thanks for reading and commenting!
by Jack C. - Derbyshire Writers' Guild

Tales of HMS Laconia, Part 1 of 4 - 7 years ago

Tales of HMS Laconia A Prequel to Jane Austen’s Persuasion by Jack Caldwell ~*~*~ Thus begins a collection of four short stories about Captain Frederick Wentworth’s beloved frigate, HMS Laconia They occur between the time of Wentworth’s disappointment in 1806 and just before his visit to Uppercross Hall in 1814. I hope you enjoy them. ~*~*~ Story One: The Taking of The Laconia Autumn of 180
by Jack C. - Derbyshire Writers' Guild

Death & Life—A Vignette (COMPLETE) - 7 years ago

As you may know, my second published novel, THE THREE COLONELS: Jane Austen’s Fighting Men—a grand sequel to two of Jane Austen’s works: Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility—was originally published on-line. What you may not know is I also wrote a vignette about the characters in that story that was set several years later. Since I edited COLONELS a bit before publishing, I took that shor
by Jack C. - Derbyshire Writers' Guild

Backstage at Pride and Prejudice - CORRECTED VERSION - 7 years ago

(DNA: Ever want to know what Jane Austen’s characters did on their downtime away from the stories? Here’s a clue. In a previous version, I used another author’s character. While this was intended to honor her creation, I failed to receive permission first. For that, I apologize. I have changed the character at her request. PLEASE ARCHIVE THIS VERSION. RA) Backstage at Pride and Prejudice by Jack
by Jack C. - Derbyshire Writers' Guild

Backstage at Pride and Prejudice - 7 years ago

DNA: Ever wanted to know what Jane Austen’s characters did on their downtime away from the stories? Here’s a clue. One-shot ~ PG ~ Fantasy ~ COMPLETE. RA Backstage at Pride and Prejudice by Jack Caldwell (© 2017) George Wickham carefully looked over the cards in his hand. Selecting the ten of spades, he placed it face up on the discard pile. “Thank you, George,” said his playing partner as he
by Jack C. - Derbyshire Writers' Guild

The Last Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel is published - 8 years ago

Years ago, I ran a mash-up here at DWG between Northanger Abbey and The Scarlet Pimpernel. That story has now been published as The Last Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel, Book 2 of Jane Austen's Fighting Men. I want to thank everyone here at Dwiggie who read and commented on the original story. Yours,
by Jack C. - Tea Room

PerfectLizzy® Meets Her Match - 8 years ago

PerfectLizzy® Meets Her Match by Jack Caldwell Regency, FWC, E, One-shot DNA - Blurb: It’s a little early for April Fools’ Day, but what the hey. I’m going to be out of town, anyway. Mr. Darcy talks to PerfectLizzy®. -RA SCENE: A CLEARING IN THE WOODS IN SUMMER. TREES ARCH OVER THE SPACE LIKE A CATHEDRAL. A STONE BENCH OVERLOOKS A SMALL, PICTURESQUE VALLEY. ELIZABETH “LIZZY” BENNET sits impat
by Jack C. - Derbyshire Writers' Guild

You're right -- it's working again. - 9 years ago

n/t
by Jack C. - Tea Room

Is Austen Underground gone? - 9 years ago

When I try to log on, I get a 403 Forbidden notice.
by Jack C. - Tea Room

CRESCENT CITY is now complete - 9 years ago

My Austenesque take on modern New Orleans and Hurricane Katrina, CRESCENT CITY, is now a complete trilogy with the publishing of RUIN AND RENEWAL: Volume Three of CRESCENT CITY. It and the other books in the trilogy are available in print and Kindle at Amazon. I'd like to thank everyone here who followed the story when I originally posted it and who have waited patiently for me to publish it.
by Jack C. - Tea Room

I kinda like what you're doing - 9 years ago

You've created an interesting Elizabeth. Intelligent and self-sufficient, she is also immature, stubborn, and ignorant (of the world). I don’t know if you meant this, but in the previous chapters, your Elizabeth is treating this war as not only a great adventure, but as a way of sticking her thumb into a male-dominated world by becoming a doctor. The war is a “wonderful” opportunity to learn medic
by Jack C. - Derbyshire Writers' Guild

She's still a child! - 9 years ago

What would she had done if she missed the train? Darcy, stay away! You need a woman! You don't need to have two girls to raise!
by Jack C. - Derbyshire Writers' Guild

I agree that she is young - 9 years ago

Thanks for the response. I think a lot of authors miss the fact that Elizabeth in canon is very young, in that a girl of twenty in a country town did not know the ways of the world, like someone raised in London would. Yours is very realistic. I hope it doesn't take a gas attack (not on her, but the results of one) for Elizabeth to get a clue .
by Jack C. - Derbyshire Writers' Guild

For crying out loud, doesn't she realize she's in a WAR? - 9 years ago

I'm starting to have my doubts about this Elizabeth. She questions everything that challenges her pre-conceived ideas. No German spies. No war atrocities. She knows Darcy better than a woman who helped raise him. She gets to pick and choose which rules to obey, even if they’re from her commanding officer! Has she and Lydia changed bodies? She’s in the middle of the bloodiest war in the history of
by Jack C. - Derbyshire Writers' Guild

Mr. Darcy’s P&P POV (the abridged version) – Part 15 - 9 years ago

DNA -- Last chapter, boys and girls. I hoped you liked it. To paraphrase Mel Brooks, “If you liked it, spread the word. If you didn’t, keep your big trap shut.” *** Author’s note: All chapters below correspond to the chapters in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. -- RA *** Chapter 60 – The weeks of our courtship were delightful. My lovely Elizabeth became again the intriguing, impertinent i
by Jack C. - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
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