The rest of chapter four, which brings us halfway through the novella. I’ve now finished the edit and sent the novella to beta readers, so I’m on target for publication before Christmas. Very exciting. And my young artist friend reckons she can trace paint Candle’s chair, so that just may be the cover sorted. Begin […]
Here’s the first half of chapter four in Candle’s Christmas Chair. It’s now finished, and I’ve begun editing. I’m sending it to beta readers shortly, and I’m working on the cover. But first, if you haven’t been following, here’s what has gone before: Candle’s Christmas Chair excerpt 1 Candle’s Christmas Chair excerpt 2 Candle’s Christmas […]
The whole third chapter. I’ll finish the first draft today or tomorrow. I’ll then do an edit, and should have it ready for beta readers by 5 December. If you would like to read the whole thing, and have time to do it in a rush (I’d need it back by 12 December), I’d love to […]
The story continues. The disclaimer continues to apply: it’s still raw–uncopy edited, unproofread, and unfinished. I’m up to 15,500 words, and figure another 5,000 will bring me to the end. Candle’s Christmas Chair excerpt 1 Candle’s Christmas Chair excerpt 2 Candle’s Christmas Chair excerpt 3 Genevieve Norton, known at school at Kitty Cat, rounded her […]
Candle’s Christmas Chair excerpt 1 Candle’s Christmas Chair excerpt 2 Min changed into an afternoon dress, while Lord Avery waited for her in the office downstairs. He hadn’t blinked at the price she asked for the two chairs, writing a bank draft for the first chair, and promising payment on delivery for the other. Rumour […]
Under the image is another excerpt of my current work in progress, Candle’s Christmas Chair. I posted the first 800 or so words a few days ago, so read them first if you want to follow the story. (Or wait a few weeks – I’ll be publishing the whole thing as a free book. I’m aiming at […]
When Viscount Avery comes to see the best invalid chair maker in the southwest of England he does not expect to find Minerva Bradshaw, the woman who rejected him three years earlier. Or did she? Older and wiser, he wonders if there is more to the story.
For three years, Min Bradshaw has remembered the handsome guardsman who courted her for her fortune. She didn’t expect to see him in her workshop, and she certainly doesn’t intend to let him fool her again. Even if he is handsomer and more charming than ever.
First few 100 words from WIP – a short story I want to give away for Christmas. ‘”Tha’ wants to talk to Min about they chairs,” said the man in the office, and directed Candle Avery to the far corner of the carriage-maker’s yard. Candle strode through the light rain, dodging or leaping the worst […]
In Farewell to Kindness, Lord and Lady Avery are at the assembly where Alex comes a cropper in his Bath chair. Lady Avery rushes up to inspect the pieces. It transpires that she was the chair’s designer. How, I wondered, did Viscount Avery come to marry Minerva Bradshaw, Bath chair designer and daughter of a […]
Authors of Regency stories face an interesting challenge when writing a Christmas novel. Our modern readers are so accustomed to the association between gifts and Christmas Day that historical accuracy can be jarring for them. Not that people didn’t give presents during the long Christmas season before the Victorians picked up a few German customs […]