Author: Gianna Thomas
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EBBD Chapters IV and V
Well, I am about two thirds of the way through Elizabeth Bennet’s Bad Days. This will be the last post for this book, but only for a little while. First of all, I am making some changes after Chapter V that may involve shifting chapters. So I will stop here until I finish the entire…
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A Little More of EBBD
Here is a little bit more of ‘Elizabeth Bennet’s Bad Days. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I did writing it. Chapter III Remorse Most Keen Elizabeth sat quietly on her bed and facing the floor as big, fat tears rolled down her cheeks. Not a sound could be heard as she…
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Working on EBBD Again
About two years ago I started EBBD (Elizabeth Bennet’s Bad Days) but never got it finished. Health issues have interrupted it numerous times. However, the latest, bronchitis, gave me an opportunity to add some additional scenes, and I am planning to finish and publish by this summer. Chapter I A Fit of Temper Jane Bennet…
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Anatomy of a Book Cover Revisited
When I first started writing, my former publisher encouraged me to work on a series. So, I started writing what would become The Darcy and Elizabeth Series that consisted of the following: Attending a Ball The Women of Longbourn Darcy and Bingley Darcy Chooses Part 1 Darcy Chooses Part 2 Elizabeth’s Choice The first three…
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On Becoming An Author
As I was growing up, I considered a number of possible careers: concert pianist, raising horses or doing something in the natural health field. On becoming an adult and then marrying, I did general office work and then became more involved with studying health. At that particular time I was doing more research than writing.…
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Why Do We Love Pride and Prejudice Variations?
I think that the foremost reason that we love the variations is that we love the characters or, at least, most of them. 🙂 My goodness, I didn’t realize that there were that many characters plus other minor ones in Austen’s classic. And their personalities and ways of life are interesting. It is too bad…
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Why Is Accuracy Important When Writing?
Have you ever been reading a book you are enjoying very much and all of a sudden there appears a term or event that just doesn’t fit what you’re perusing? I have experienced that several times when reading Regency romance or even Pride and Prejudice variations. Some of the most common interruptions are: So, let’s…
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How Important is Editing?
Have you ever read a book that caused you to pause and say ‘What?’ When you read that sentence, did you wonder why I asked the question? Well, I asked it because there have been occasions when I have thought or said that very thing. What? Why I said or thought it is because what…
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What Do You Like About Pride & Prejudice Variations?
When I was thinking about my post for today, I went back to a topic that I’ve questioned in my mind for a while. There are a lot of variations of Jane Austen’s classic that go in different directions. Even though they still have the usual cast of characters, there are numerous ways to change…
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Novel vs Novella or Short Story
I am in my twelth year of writing fiction, and most of my books would probably be considered novellas or novelettes. However, in doing research for this post, I found that the length required for each of these varies. Especially in the case of what constitutes a novel, the word count is quite different. Wikipedia’s…