Gisborne’s evolution…

March 25, 2011

Writing frantically to fill my commitments for FanstRAvaganza was the best thing I’ve done in terms of moving Gisborne along. As a quasi-regular upload to the blog in the past, such lack of commitment to the narrative was not a good thing. Despite the fact I loved writing this story more than any other I’ve done, there were always other writing commitments. Kindle edits, edits of a fantasy manuscript to be sent to London, writing blogs… oh and Twitter, Facebook, and the now famous and much-loved Austen #A4T contributions.

Gisborne…

March 19, 2011

The last instalment for FanstRAvaganza. Further uploads of Gisborne will take place in the short term on Mesmered.

Be calm. Don’t panic. Think. My heart raced and my legs threatened to fold as I poled the craft as quietly as I could. It humoured me, allowing me to slip along in the current, barely making a ripple. But the darkness suffocated. Swathes of giant grasses lined the banks like serried rows of pike-men in some duke’s army. Huge trees towered above the grasses and I fancied they resembled trebuchets and mangonels. The air itself, hardly moving in the night, was moist and laden with the odour of mud and weed. As Walsocam drained into the rivulet there were other smells as well – excrement, the bloated remains of a butchered sheep… the fragrance nauseating.

Gisborne…fourth instalment of FanstRAvaganza

March 18, 2011

The fourth instalment as part of Fanstravaganza.

The journey continued like a roll of ribbon unwinding and sometimes I despaired of ever seeing the end. There were other times when I never wanted the end to appear as it meant so many things that I couldn’t bear to countenance. The first time a familiar landmark appeared, my stomach jolted and I wondered if I should be sick. The instinct to turn and flee was a powerful one and had me almost undone. Would I have continued on without Guy’s protection? Somehow I doubted it. Is it Guy’s so called dependability that will make me feel secure? Or is it that my obligations are greater? Oh such good questions, such unanswerable questions.

Gisborne… the third instalment for FanstRAvaganza

March 16, 2011

If you like what you read, you may also like The Stumpwork Robe for sale on Kindle and in print at Amazon. Feel free to read the first few chapters by clicking on the flipping book in Mesmered’s sidebar.

Gisborne…the second instalment for FanstRAvaganza

March 15, 2011

If you want to read Gisborne from the very beginning, just click on the title Gisborne on the Page above and if you like what you read, you may also like The Stumpwork Robe for sale on Kindle and in print at Amazon. Feel free to read the first few chapters by clicking on the flipping book in Mesmered’s sidebar.

Gisborne… the first instalment for FanstRAvaganza

March 14, 2011

Please enjoy the following chapters as part of the FanstRAvaganza event. At the end of each chapter will be a list of blogs that you can visit for the occasion.

For the rest of the Gisborne story from the very beginning, go to the Page listed as Gisborne at the top of the blog and click and off you go!!!

A Ball at Pemberley…

March 9, 2011

For those who read Mesmered, you’ll know that every Tuesday for the last few weeks, I’ve been a part of a global collaboration in the writing of an Austenesque novel on Twitter (#A4T) . So many of Austen’s most well known characters have arrived at the ball… the Bennets, Caroline Bingley, Charlotte Collins, Lady Catherine de Burgh, Anne Elliot, Henry Tilney, the execrable Wickham and the questionable Willougby… in other words, friends and foes. As the ball progresses a plethora of dreadful disasters face Elizabeth and her husband Mr.Darcy as guests mingle and create mayhem.

FanstRAvaganza 2011…March14-21

March 9, 2011

You may have noticed that in the sidebar to this blog, there is an event approaching that celebrates the various talents and achievements of English actor Richard Armitage. In case you are new to the world, or have been firmly tied to Colin Firth’s rise to the ranks of the exalted (and justifiably so), Richard Armitage is tracking hard on that Oscar winner’s coattails. FanstRAvaganza is an eclectic collection of people across the globe who have been influenced by RA at some point in their lives. The following list is those blogs taking part with more to be added by 14th March.

Gisborne…

March 3, 2011

Just a note to say that I #amwriting hard in order to place a chapter a day on Mesmered during the FanstRAvaganza. Because this demands a large wordcount, I’ve decided not to upload any chapters between now and the 14th of March. That’s only eleven days away so I do hope you’ll forgive me.

Why? Because…

January 23, 2011

I was invited today to join in a blog event/tour called FanstRAvaganza in March to celebrate the various skills of Richard Armitage, English actor.

For a moment, I thought why would I? Or even would I?

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