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Let’s get to work

Let’s get to work

I’m an author. No, seriously, that’s what I do with myself since I retired. I write variations based on Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice”. But what does it mean when I make that claim? Do I have any published works, or is this something I do in my spare time to stay active and possibly amuse myself? And what is involved in the art of creating and selling a story? Yes, I am a published writer, with nine books available…

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Are dogs trustworthy?

Are dogs trustworthy?

Today is Funny Friday, and the purpose of my post is to give you something you will hopefully be able to laugh at. I thought, with that in mind, that I would give you an excerpt from Miss Elizabeth’s Unforgettable Assembly, the first novella in my Elizabeth Said, Darcy Said series. I began writing in May of 2022 and published this story in June. The excerpt, indeed the entire story, begins at the assembly in Meryton, where Darcy resists Bingley’s…

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A Glimmer of Gold

A Glimmer of Gold

  Welcome to our blog, a Glimmer of Gold. This blog represents the blood, sweat, and tears of writers Jann Rowland, Lelia Eye, and Colin Rowland. Well, minus the blood, perhaps. We first ventured out into the publishing world by publishing variations on Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, but our interests are varied. While many of our works contain the common thread of romance, we have no intention of limiting ourselves to that. The sky’s the limit, so to speak, but…

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