A Grateful Author
This marks the close of the tenth year that I’ve been doing this author-thing full time. The first few years I felt like I was drinking from the firehose trying to learn everything I needed to know.
Long story short, I didn’t learn everything I needed to know. I’m still constantly taking classes and studying and learning. But I did learn A LOT. And along the way I’ve written 29 books, plus been included in a number of anthologies.
Though it has been a bumpy road at times, I am grateful for having the opportunity to do what I always dreamt of doing, writing books. And I am grateful for each project and what I learned along the way.
So this month I’m going to look back on each project and what I’m grateful from each.
Darcy’s Decision started out on the fan fiction boards, under the title Given Good Principles, which was a long, wandering in the weeds sort of project which finally got to a conclusion. But it all started with a question: What if Darcy had someone to help him live out his principles. The question came from a situation where I was wondering exactly that about a difficult person in my life.
Though it was a very difficult season in my life, I am grateful for that difficult person and the way dealing with them totally change my life!
In which the author publishes her first book. I give you …
Darcy’s Decision
Six months after his father’s passing, Fitzwilliam Darcy still finds solace in his morning reflections at his parents’ graves. Only in the quiet solitude of the churchyard does he indulge his grief. None but his unlikely mentor recognize the heartache and insecurity plaguing him as he shoulders the enormous burden of being Master of Pemberley.
Not all are pleased with his choice of advisor. Lady Catherine complains Darcy allows him too much influence. Lord Matlock argues, “Who is he to question the God-appointed social order?” But the compassionate wisdom Darcy finds in his counselor keeps him returning for guidance even though it causes him to doubt everything he has been taught.
In the midst of his struggles to reinvent himself, his school chum, Charles Bingley, arrives. Darcy hopes the visit will offer some respite from the uproar in his life. Instead of relief, Darcy discovers his father’s darkest secret staring him in the face. Pushed to his limits, Darcy must overcome the issues that ruined his father and, with his friends and mentor at his side, restore his tarnished birthright.
10 years! Goodness, what a journey! I am so very glad for you and for your success! Darcy’s Decision/GGP was one of the first books I actually bought as an ebook, at a time of my life when I had to consider twice each penny (well, Forint, anyway) I spent on my personal pleasure. Your books have given me a great deal of reading pleasure. Thanks for sharing your talent and congratulations!
Wow! Although it seems longer due to the number of books you have written. I am so glad you began to write as the stories have become a big part of my life. Keep writing. In all careers we keep on growing, no matter how many years we have done it there is always room for improving our skills (says a teacher of 36 years).
Well now I find that I must look back through my archives to see if I have this book and have read it. It definitely sounds familiar ?
Yes. I discovered that I own this book and the one that followed. I wrote reviews for both. It was the first book that I read written by you in 2014. I am not exactly sure when I discovered Fanfiction.
I did read and then post a review on this story…quite some time ago. Best wishes as you continue your research and writing.
Given Good Principles was an excellent set, and a fabulous foray into the world of JAFF and full-time writing! Thank you for your books; they have given me many, many hours of enjoyment over the last not-quite-ten years (I first found your work in February 2012). Here’s tot he next decade of amazing and wonderful stories!
I haven’t actually read this book yet but I’ve read many of your other books. Congratulations on ten years and writing so many books! Such an achievement, especially considering just how much research you also do! Good luck for the next ten years and more.
I loved that story. It was 5-stars for me. I went back and read my review… I may have to read it again. However, you keep putting out new books and I don’t have time to go back and reread older stories. Not enough time in the day to get it all done. Blessings on your new works and I look forward to the look back at your previous work. Have a blessed rest of the week.