Category: Short story
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Mary, Alexander, and a New Anthology
This is a busy, busy month for me, with travels, big changes, and lots and lots of book news. In a few days I’m heading off to the UK for the rest of September. I’ll be visiting old friends and meeting some of my wonderful co-authors, who until now have just been lovely people chatting…
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A Match for Margaret Dashwood, Part 2
Here’s a link to Part 1 Captain Walter Jennings to Captain Frederick Wentworth: Dear Wentworth, Your letter followed me to London, where I am staying with my sister, Mrs. Lacey. I would not be staying long if I had a choice, but she is a widow and not in the best of health. My presence…
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Tea with Austen – A New Anthology
As we approach the middle of August, my calendar is starting to look quite busy. There is so much going on over the next several weeks, I think I’ll need three of me to keep up. For my family, the biggest news is my “baby,” heading off to Wales for university. She has been looking…
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A Match for Margaret Dashwood
Hello again everyone! It’s been a while! Life was crazy there for a while with various family health issues. It’s gotten a bit better, so I’m able to write again. Many thanks to the bloggers who filled in for me in the last few months! I’m writing a new story: a spinoff of Sense and…
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Another Wickham? When Fact Might Follow Fiction
As I’ve written before, I’ve spent a fair bit of time of late going through my mother-in-law’s apartment, clearing and organising and sorting through endless boxes as we’ve moved her into a seniors’ residence. The move is over, but the chaos is not. Some things she kept, others we gave away, some we tossed, and…
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New Sensibilities—Musings, History, and a Short Story
Once again, my time has been taken up in organising, packing, and clearing out my mother-in-law’s apartment after her move to a seniors’ residence. The task, while coming to a necessary end (her lease expires at the end of June) is all-consuming, leaving precious little time for writing or editing. It does, however, leave plenty…
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A Springtime Distraction: Austen in Haiku
This has been a challenging spring. My personal life has become consumed with eldercare issues as we find ourselves managing some difficult issues with aging relatives. Without divulging too much, a lot of my time has gone towards these issues, and my writing has suffered accordingly. We have also been doing work on the outside…
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The 2024 Eclipse and Lizzy Bennet’s Top 10 Regrets
Did you see the eclipse on Monday? My four kids and my husband and I drove to Columbus, Ohio, and it was an adventure. It also gave me feels for a modern P&P moment. Enjoy! Lizzy Bennet’s Top 10 Regrets- A short story by Corrie Garrett Regret #10. Majoring in astronomy has got to be…
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A New Twist Awaits – Wait for Love: Expanded Edition
Happy New Year! I’m thrilled to share some happy news with you! My short story, Wait for Love, originally released in July 2021, is undergoing an exciting transformation. Here’s the original story’s premise: The short story’s setting is Hunsford on the night of Mr. Darcy’s proposal. Imagine if Darcy offers his hand in a more…
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Short Story from Christmas Anthology
Happy New Year!! I am very excited to celebrate another year with the amazing friends and writers here at the Always Austen Blog. This community is such a boon to me, I love it here! Thank you to everyone who has supported my writing in 2023 and there’s more to come in 2024. For this,…