Mrs. King tilted her head and smiled at him as a proud mother might gaze upon a child who had done something of merit. “Now, see, Miss Grace, this is why I thought you should set your cap at him instead of Mr. Norman.” She shrugged. “But, it seems you were correct, and he is not free.”
No, he was not free. His heart was irrevocably gone both now and forever.
[from Her Secret Beau, Touches of Austen book 3]
Published to YouTube by AnneDarcy on January 8, 2008.
We’re stepping back a few decades for today’s song. I remember hearing this when I was young, but even then, it was not a new song. 🙂 However, it is a fun and uplifting song, perfect for a Monday morning.
I chose today’s music because when I was touring Uniacke Estate Museum this past Saturday (Yes, I was there again 🙂 ), there was a piece of music Schubert on the music stand in the sitting room. This tour was a special, limited-number tour in which the ropes were down and we were guided into the rooms and behind closed doors and given the chance to see things up close and from different angles. We even got to peek inside drawers and cupboards.
Published to YouTube by J.J.Burred on February 6, 2017.
Here is the music stand with the music which was right next to the early 1800s piano and then on the other side of the piano were several music books.
We also visited Sherbrooke Village, a Victorian village, at the start of the week.
Between the two trips, I spent some time in bed and visiting therapists because, over the previous weekend, my hip began giving me some trouble and continued to worsen. (I think it was one walk up a steep gravelly path too many 🙂 ). Continue reading Music Monday: Schubert – Ständchen (Serenade)
“Bea likes to be prepared for all eventualities,” Graeme offered.
“Different sides of the same coin, then,” Mr. Norman muttered.
“Quite,” Graeme agreed.
“It seemed to me that such is also true of Shelton and his wife.” Walter’s lips tipped up as he finally found for whom he was looking. Mr. Shelton was bending to hear what a very pretty young lady named Grace was saying. Miss Love was it? “Is that your guest with Mr. Shelton?” he asked Graeme.
“Yes, that is Miss Love. Would you care for an introduction?”
Yes, yes, he would very much like to meet the secretive Miss Love. “If it is not a bother,” he replied with an air of indifference before following Graeme across the room.
[from Her Secret Beau, Touches of Austen Book 3]
Published to YouTube by AuburnAfterglow on January 8, 2018.
We will be at the Assembly Rooms in this week’s chapter of Her Secret Beau, so I thought a video featuring Northanger Abbey would be a good choice.
In writing news:
I wrote nearly one chapter each of Her Secret Beau and Persuading Miss Mary. Persuading Miss Mary‘s chapter needs to be finished.
And…drumroll…
I finally started my third work in progress. Just barely, but it is started. Remember how I said it was going to be titled Robert: something to something? Well, I was wrong. It turns out that it is going to be called Addie: To Wager on Her Future (or something very much like that). 🙂 Continue reading Music Monday: Catherine and Mr. Tilney, Your Hand in Mine
Chris Hammond (1860-1900) [Public domain] via Wikimedia CommonsEvery H/h needs a good wingman — a person who…
has your back (or wishes to stab you in the back),
helps you succeed (or hopes to see you fail so they can trample you once you’re down),
points out your flaws to help you improve (or illustrate your ineptness),
makes you look good (or ensures you look ridiculous).
For good or ill, all stories NEED secondary characters.
But how do we create these important, though not headlining, cast members?
In this episode of the LLS Society Papers*, we’re talking about how we created and used a few of the many secondary characters we have written into stories.
Live Stream will begin at 3 PM EST or 4 PM Atlantic. 🙂
*Longbourn Literary Society is a Facebook group founded by three friends, who share a love of writing and Jane Austen for the purpose of promoting those loves and our work.
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You can find Rose and Zoe’s websites at these links:
Welcome to the first Longbourn Literary Society (LLS) Society Papers Broadcastpost on my blog. (Yes, that is a mouthful, is it not? LOL)
Zoe Burton, Rose Fairbanks, and I have been doing these video chats as Facebook live videos for a year and have just recently moved from Facebook to YouTube so that the videos can be accessed more broadly.
Now, I realize I mentioned that I would share these videos on Sundays here on the blog, but I just had a “brilliant idea” which means this is either going to work or be a dismal failure. LOL
I think that I can share the link to the video early and then if you want to join us live, you can just use it to hop over to YouTube where you can comment, or you can just watch us here. We’ll see. Fingers crossed. And please accept my apologies if it does not work. I will get it sorted out afterward if necessary.
This week, we are discussing how real-life experiences have inspired scenes on the page and reading from some of those scenes as well.
[The broadcast will start at 3 PM EST or 4 PM if you’re in the Atlantic time zone like I am. 😉 ]
