Christmas Prayers (Henry Bacon)

“Christmas Prayers,” Henry Bacon, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Isn’t this painting fantastic? I saw it when doing an image search and just had to share it with you. There is a lot to like about this image, but do you know what I like most? It’s that little fellow turning to look at the artist capturing the moment in a painting. It just makes the image look so real and unstaged, doesn’t it?

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Over the course of the two and a half weeks that Darcy had stayed at Netherfield before departing to collect his sister, Bingley had insisted that they call on so many of the neighbours as was possible so that one and all could see that Darcy was not the cold and uncaring person Wickham had touted him to be. He had also insisted that Darcy be seen in Meryton twice with Elizabeth – once in a carriage and once while walking the streets and visiting the shops.

And then, there had been church, where, each Sunday, Darcy had sat with Bingley, but, immediately upon completion of the service, had sought out Miss Elizabeth. Bingley wished he could take credit for that action as it had set several tongues to wagging immediately, but he could not. That was entirely Darcy’s doing.

from Mr. Bingley Plans a Ball

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Music Monday: Christmas Ambiance

PUBLISHED TO YOUTUBE BY SERENE AMBIANCE ON NOVEMBER 30, 2020.

I’ve had several videos of fireplaces with Christmas instrumental music playing as I write lately. I picked this one because it is one of the shorter ones. (Some are up to eight or even eleven hours! I just pick up where I left off one day when I start the video again the next day. 🙂 )

Today, I am sharing a short excerpt from two books that have a specific location in common. So this post, like the video above, could be a longish one. 🙂

This first excerpt is from Two Days before Christmas.

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December 2020 Saturday Broadsheet

Can you believe we are already at the end of the year? It’s been quite the year, hasn’t it? But before we bid farewell to 2020, let me tell you what I have been up to in my writing life this past month and what is on the horizon to happen (hopefully) before the year ends or just as the calendar turns. 

Story Updates

Here are a few updates on stories I have been working on and what I am planning to work on next: 

Christmas in Gracechurch Street:  This story was supposed to be on preorder today. It’s not – which fits for this story. It has not been where I wanted it to be the whole time I was writing it. I am a person who likes schedules and routine. This year has been one of working on flexibility, whether I wanted to work on it or not. 😀 However, all the edits should be done by the end of next week, and I have penciled in December 15 as the release day for this book. 

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Two Days Before Christmas Limited-Time Price Reduction

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Price reduced to $0.99* from December 4 until December 8, 2020.


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First Blooms and Second Chances $0.99 for Four Days

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Price reduced to $0.99* from November 27 until November 30, 2020.

Life can be busy. Why not take a few minutes and escape that busyness with one of the four sweet Regency romances in this anthology:

  • Return to your true love in Hope at Dawn
  • Overcome a broken heart and find a happily ever after close to home in Dispelling the Fog
  • Listen to the soft proddings of your heart and find love in an orchard in Apple Blossoms and Whispering Hearts
  • Allow yourself to get trapped in a matchmaking scheme that brings beauty and love to the bleakness of December days in a Lily in Midwinter


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