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Re: Take your partners for sense and sensibility. - 5 years ago
Maybe 'act selfishly' was to strong a choice of words, and I think I phrased my meaning badly I certainly didn't mean Elinor should have shown less respect for the feelings of others - it is one of her best qualities that she does so, and I think it's one of the reasons people like her so much - but she should have acknowledged that she was allowed to have feelings too, and that it's okay if sheby Mari A. - Tea Room
Re: Take your partners for sense and sensibility. - 5 years ago
It most certainly was not her first attempt. Quite apart from the lovely collection we know as her Juvenilia, she wrote the delightfully snarky epistolary novel Lady Susan before S&S, as well as Northanger Abbey, a wonderfully wicked parody, then called simply Susan. Both P&P and S&S are thought to be reworkings of earlier, epistolary novels, then called First Impressions and Elinor &aby Mari A. - Tea Room
Re: Conjunction? Re: That important? - 5 years ago
I'm sorry, but whoever taught you about grammar in that appalling manner not only showed stupendous moral deficiencies, but also had a very poor grasp on tenses. Noun inflections notwithstanding, where -s is one of several plural markers, non-modal verbs require an -s or -es ending in the 3rd person singular present simple to denote the realis or indicative mode in the active voice. Leaving off tby Mari A. - Tea Room
JAOctGoHoNo - Thank you everyone!! - 5 years ago
Thank you for saying that! It's always my favourite part of October too, but it's always - and this year particularly - nervewracking whether one will finish a story! Somehow Octobers always contrive to be peskily busy for everyone. This year was a particularly mean one and what with Kay having handed the bloody sceptre to Shem and me, I'm really happy we could pull it off. Thank you to everyoneby Mari A. - Tea Room
Re: Ditto - 5 years ago
LOL, poor Matt! But he was very attentive, wasn't he? I love you all, too! (Also Shem even managed to put moustachioed - or at least bearded - men of doom into her version of this story! I'm all envy.)by Mari A. - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: Tiny Misunderstanding ... - 5 years ago
No need to be sorry! No offense taken, I always feel flattered when people ask about my stories and I did think myself it would be a great plot bunny for a longer story - but it wouldn't be mine. It's that so many different factors contributed to the invasion never taking place that you'd have to tweak a lot of things just to get to that point where Operation Sea Lion does take place, *and* is sby Mari A. - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
You are most cordially invited! - 5 years ago
Her Grace Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire Invites you most cordially to a festivity on the Eve of All Hallows. Please feel free to partake of tea, snark, chat and general frolicking hosted by Her Grace Isabella of Gloucester, Queen of England and Mrs Rochester of Thornfield Hall, in the Hallowed Halls of Chatsworth on 31st October from 9 pm (GMT) until the eaby Mari A. - Tea Room
Re: Pemberley Effect chapters 1-8 - 5 years ago
The thing with the Pemberley Effect is that it's meant to be a companion piece to The Brighton Effect. When it says "Part One (Chapter Nine)" that means that Part One of The Pemberley Effect corresponds with Chapter Nine of The Brighton Effect. Thus, there are no Chapters 1-8 you are missing. Mystery (hopefully) solved! And I can only recommend reading both these stories, and The Christian Effecby Mari A. - Tea Room
Quite so, my dear! - 5 years ago
Glad we have settled that! For how many stories shall I put you down?by Mari A. - Tea Room
Re: It's all your fault! - 5 years ago
Eh, maybe there was something in the coffee you served for breakfast - oh no, the others didn't have coffee, did they? Okay, then I have no explanation. But I think we can safely say that since Shem originally came up with the plan to meet, everything that follows can be blamed on her. Right? Say hi to M and the four minions! It was so lovely to meet you all!by Mari A. - Tea Room
A few useful pointers! - 5 years ago
A short, incomplete and biased history of the Magna Carta (for I figure we don‘t need to know about the boring stuff for this occasion) THE PLAYERS: King JOHN (Sans-terre, Lackland, Ohneland) - a monarch with a real estate problem King HENRY II – Über-Father of the budding Plantagenet dynasty Queen ELEANOR (of Aquitaine) – a rebel at heart King RICHARD I (Coeur-de-Lion, Lionheart) - would havby Mari A. - Tea Room
It's the Eve of October - and you know what that means! - 5 years ago
It's that time of year again! Time to start another round of the good old JAOctGoHoNo, that great collection of all stories horror, terror, nonsense and pirates that has come to be what we all love best about Hallowe‘en! We‘re all used to seeing Kay‘s name here, but the sad truth of it is, our dear leader has no internet connection this year and has handed the sceptre pitchfork to us (that isby Mari A. - Tea Room
Re: List of top 10 DWG stories? - 5 years ago
I've been here for a few years now, and I think there are attempts to come up with the definite, final, favourites list at least every six months. What we learned from all those listings, was that no two persons will make the same list - and that probably, not even one person would make the same list twice. I'm sorry to say, Alison, that you'll probably never find a definite must-read list of DWGby Mari A. - Tea Room
Re: Mansfield Gothic, Ch 1 - 5 years ago
Maybe Lady Bertram is the demon who feeds on her! I was so excited when I saw you were posting another story, and this is awesome! Can't wait for more!by Mari A. - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Actually --- - 5 years ago
Chaperons are exempt from the Act of Chaperonage ;-) Note that I'm neither confirming nor denying the existence of a sequel but I'll just say, if there were a sequel (let's say, just for the sake of the argument, that I could have posted this because I was working on the sequel and then realised I never posted the original story here), it might just be that the fact that Elizabeth cannot be comprby Mari A. - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
The Education of a Chaperon - 5 years ago
DNA: I'm not sure why I never posted this story here before, but here it is ;-) - hope you like it! RA Blurb: Dire times force the British government to enact drastic measures, and Elizabeth Bennet is forced to seek out the education of a chaperon in order to comply with the new laws. P&PxE The Education of a Chaperon “The year 1796 sees England as a scandal-ridden country. Forced marrby Mari A. - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Grandprix d'Eurovision de la Chanson - 5 years ago
My dear Dwiggies, The time has come! Chat needs you! Who wants to come to a chat party for snark discussion of the ESC this Saturday night? Mes chères dwiggies, Ces temps sont là! Le chat a besoin de vous! Qui-est-ce-qui veut venir a une fête du chat pour le snarcage la discussion de la grandprix ce samedi soir?by Mari A. - Tea Room
Re: title - 5 years ago
Wow, yes, hadn't thought of it that way, but you're right, that is awesome! Lise you need to keep it Untitled ;-)by Mari A. - A Novel Idea
Re: <3 you! - 5 years ago
Shhh, Shem, we don't mention the backstories!! And we'll also not talk about your obsession with Max' belt. I haven't really thought about the future in this universe, but I think we can safely say that Ash will always lose his phone in Kitty's handbag. Thank you everyone for commenting!by Mari A. - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: Look out my dear Poms an Aussie is coming - 5 years ago
I'm not a Pommie, but for special JA experiences in London, I'd recommend the National Portrait Gallery and the British Library Museum. The former hosts the portrait by Cassandra, the latter a manuscript of Persuasion. Both exhibitions are awesome quite aside from that; in fact, the NPG is one of my favourite London spots. From just the Austen impact, I'd go for the manuscript though because it'sby Mari A. - Tea Room
Re: Gail Carriger - Parasol Protectorate - 5 years ago
I've tried to get my hand on her other books, but my library doesn't have them yet. Hope they'll order them. I've heard so many good things about them. (Actually, I was on the look-out for the Finishing School series when I found they had this one ) I didn't think of the possibility that those might be very painful deaths, as opposed to Death-by-Soulless. Still, it irks me that there's no clearby Mari A. - JAFF Library
Re: Gail Carriger - Parasol Protectorate - 5 years ago
As to starving her, maybe for a vampire that would just be torture, starving to death but never actually dying? Oh, that sounds plausible. Or maybe starving is a very painful death for vampires, I didn't think of that before. Still it irks me that it's left so vague!by Mari A. - JAFF Library
Of Interviews and Instagram - 5 years ago
DNA: Maybe some of you were curious this weekend what the old lindorabble and the Fitzwilliams were doing two years later ... in which case I hope you like the answer!RA Blurb: As the world's eyes are yet again on the Lindo Wing, Elizabeth Bennet is conducting an interview about family and horses, and twitter runs hot. Part 5 in the #lindorabble series. Disclaimer: I am not making any assumptby Mari A. - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: Untitled ~ 3 - 5 years ago
I'm not! I just check the DWG feed now and then to see if I missed anything.by Mari A. - A Novel Idea
Re: Untitled ~ 3 - 5 years ago
I never knew you were posting this here now until I saw it on facebook - you should've said something! Also, yay King Freddie! Moar King Freddie!by Mari A. - A Novel Idea
Gail Carriger - Parasol Protectorate - 6 years ago
Poor library board, apparently it's been ages since anyone posted here ... I don't know if anyone here has read the Parasol Protectorate series - if you haven't, it's a lighthearted, witty romp through a steampunk&fantasy Victorian London with werewolves, vampires, airships and the works. The author, unfortunately, doesn't have a very firm grip on the titles of nobility (which is a bit of a bby Mari A. - JAFF Library
Re: Mocking - 6 years ago
None of us are experts on her works, we see them as we see them as individuals. I wonder what you would think would make one an expert in her works? Certainly the fact that many of us here have devoted much time and effort into studying not only her works but also secondary literature about them, about her biography (which of course is largely irrelevant for the works in themselves), about Georgiby Mari A. - Tea Room
Or, Beards & Barbarians (Translation) - Please archive! - 6 years ago
DNA: Okay, you got me! Of course I don't intend to post only Latin stories henceforth, tempting as it may be. Hope you all had a splendid 1st April! Meanwhile, here's the translation, although google sure did a splendid job (even though it didn't realise Lidwulfa was meant to be a girl). Hope you enjoy this one, at least! RA It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a Roman magistrate desirby Mari A. - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: I could not agree more. ? - 6 years ago
Others have already chimed in and said much better than I could have why Mr Bennet can be considered negligent as regards his family and their finances. Even if we accept the premise that Mr Bennet couldn't really have saved much money for them - which I don't think likely, given that even a little saved every year over twenty years would have yielded quite a cushion - then the least he could haveby Mari A. - Tea Room