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Michaelmas: Every Janeite’s Favorite Feast Day
Happy Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, the Archangels! And to my fellow Austen enthusiasts, happy Michaelmas! September 29, the feast of Michaelmas, was one of the four “quarter” days...
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What the Word of God Does – and What Catholic Writers Do
What does it mean that Christ is the Word of God? All good gifts come from above. Words are my gift from above, originating in their form with the Word Himself and employed by this imperfect...
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Seven Quick Takes: Mr. Darcy Goes to Lawn Guy Land
1. I just wrote my writing vocation story. Part One, Part Two. 2. Now I need to finish Jack’s baptism gown! Oh, and MOVE to Michigan. Right-o. 3. A friend recommended I read The Guernsey Literary...
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7 Quick Takes: Back to Taking Quick Takes
1. This is my first 7 Quick Takes in a month. It’s good to be back! 2. Somehow, in the midst of moving chaos, I’m finding time to read a novel. Perhaps it’s not surprising – reading is such a good...
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Hysteria of a Modern Victorian Housewife
(Sounds like the title to the next chick-lit bestseller, huh?) On Friday I had a panic attack. No metaphor. No hyperbole. A real, honest-to-God panic attack. I’ve never had one before, and… talk...
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Easy Jane Austen Trivia
…inspired by this morning’s breakfast: What about this morning’s breakfast reminds me of Jane Austen? Answer correctly and fame and fortune will be yours!* *Not really.
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7 Quick Takes: McDonald’s and the Mystical Oink
Joining Jen at Conversion Diary for another round of 7 Quick Takes. (Isn’t she the lucky one?) -1- I may have used up all my creative juices coming up with my post title. But I’m sure it’s got you...
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Bleak House: Who’s Driving the Plot?
“Read Dickens for the characters, not the plots,” the common cant among readers goes. Charles Dickens wrote serial novels that, like first drafts written during NaNoWriMo, took on a life of their...
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