“While we are waiting, Lizzy, this is from all of us Bennets. We pooled our resources.” Kitty placed a smallish, but heavy gift on her lap, stooping to kiss her cheek. “Merry Christmas.” The wrapping hid a roughly cigar box–sized, highly glossed, cherry wood musical box! The glass panel in...
As my readers already know, the first three novels in The Darcy Saga series moved very slowly in time, covering the first year of Darcy and Elizabeth’s marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Fitzwilliam Darcy ended as the winter of 1816 turned into 1817 with spring budding on the horizon and Lizzy...
I have never been a huge fan of poetry. That attitude changes, I discovered, when someone writes a poem for you! Many years ago when my husband Steve and I were still dating, he sat down at a local coffee shop in Capitola, California and penned a poem all in...
Over 500 entries were received for my month-long Holiday Giveaway in December. WOW! I especially loved those who wrote of their favorite holiday traditions, most of them shared on these two posts: Traditions #1 and Traditions #2 Enormous thanks to everyone who Tweeted, posted on Facebook or other social networking...
My sincerest prayer is that everyone have a joyous Christmas replete with family, fine food, presents, Santa filled stockings, and all the rest! As a special treat from me, here is an excerpt from In the Arms of Mr. Darcy. Celebrating their second Christmas as a married couple, new parents...
A few days ago I shared an excerpt from my first novel – Mr. and Mrs. Fitzwilliam Darcy – wherein the newly married Darcys celebrated their first Christmas together. Scroll down to read that snippet. Today I am sharing a small portion of the chapters that surrounded the holiday events...
Wishing everyone a wonderful day of celebration as we honor our fathers. Now, in the spirit of fatherhood I am sharing a few excerpts of Mr. Darcy, Father, in action! The first is from My Dearest Mr. Darcy, taken in the hours after the birth of Alexander. The next...
Oh goodie! I have guested with Fresh Fiction 3 times yet they have never reviewed my novels, so this is very exciting! A lovely review of In The Arms of Mr. Darcy by Sharon Galligar Chance. Thank you, Sharon. Review of In the Arms of Mr. Darcy at Fresh Fiction...
Preparing to re-post my guest blogs from the virtual tour for In the Arms of Mr. Darcy got me to thinking about ALL the blogs and interviews I have done over these past two years. It has been a whole bunch! All of the links are archived, of course, but...
I know it was over a week ago, but better late than never, right? On November 6 I joined the ladies and gentlemen of the Jane Austen Society (JASNA) Central Valley CA region for a fund raising event at Barnes & Noble in Fresno, CA. We were SO excited and...
It is always one part sad and one part a tremendous relief to complete a book release virtual book tour. Writing all those blogs and answering the interview questions is fun but hard work that consumes time and takes the author away from writing new material. Visiting the blog sites...
The third weeks of virtual touring to promote In The Arms of Mr. Darcy did not begin until Wednesday but then it was jam packed! The reviews trickled in and I was fortunate to have five different web-places host me so I could talk about my newest novel. So fun!...
The second week – more or less – of my virtual book tour for In The Arms of Mr. Darcy starts today at Historical Belles and Beaus. I was invited to write a blog addressing what I like best and least about the Regency Era and writing within it. Not...
A special thanks to Barbara Hemming who not only listed Austen Authors and gave us a chance to announce our new blog on the Historical Blog of RomConInc, but who has also granted me a day! In celebration of the release of In The Arms of Mr. Darcy on this...
My friend Linda was kind enough to allot me a space on her blog so I could chat about In The Arms of Mr. Darcy. I was inspired by a question I saw posted on the Beau Monde asking, “Is the family saga dead?” Obviously I have a strong opinion...
