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Darcy has no defect...but I do.

1/27/2013

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"I AM PERFECTLY CONVICED BY IT THAT MR. DARCY HAS NO DEFECT. HE OWNS IT HIMSELF WITHOUT DISGUISE" - Elizabeth Bennet
So I concidered for a moment what I would write about for my first attempt at a blog.  I will keep this short and sweet.  I am currently looking for a professional editor and have sent out the first chapter as a trial to a few potential editors.  They edit it, and I see if I like their edits.  It is kind of like an interview for a job. I recieved it back from one already and I must admit that she did a fine job.  There was more red in the first few pages than in any other part of the chapter combined......which only shows me that a great begining is very important. 

I fully admit that handing over my baby I have been working on since April to someone who really knows her stuff was scary but exciting.  Do I really want to know how bad it is?  Will she be impressed?  Will she get hooked from the begining and want to read more? Will she see the subplots that I set up in the first chapter?  Will she like the pros I use?  I wasn't sure of what to expect. I did know it was not perfect and was prepared to see some red.  I may be a writer, but I truly suck at editing my own stuff.  Not only that, but this was my first attempt to write in the Regency time period and that can be challenging.

So when I got the edits back and read through them, I thought of the quote above. When Miss Elizabeth says this to Caroline Bingley, Mr. Darcy responds, "I have made no such pretention. I have faults enough, but they are not, I hope, of understanding."  I am humbled to admit that I do have faults and my "baby", Mr. Darcy's Promise, will be picked through like the clearance rack at Kohls.  But in the end.....I hope people will buy a "good find".

Jeanna
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    Jeanna is a mother of three daughters, all whom are well versed in Pride and Prejudice; they are her best friends and the inspiration for her writing. She also proudly states she is the eighth of thirteen children. When she isn’t blogging, gardening, cooking, or raising chickens—or more realistically, writing—she is thoroughly ignoring her house for a few hours at a time in order to read yet another romance novel. Somewhere between being a mom,  sister, writer, and cook, she squeezes in three 12-hour shifts each week as a Registered Nurse in a Neurological ICU. She finds great joy in her writing and claims she has never been happier. 


    Jeanna fell in love again with Jane Austen when she was introduced to the incredible world of Jane Austen inspired fiction. She can never adequately thank the fellow authors who mentored her and encouraged her to write her first novel. Through writing, Jeanna has gained something that no one can take away from her: hope for her own Mr. Darcy. More than anything, she hopes to prepare her three best friends to look for their own Mr. Darcy and to settle for nothing less.

    Jeanna’s works include: Mr. Darcy’s Promise, Pride and Persistence, To Refine Like Silver, Hope For Mr. Darcy, and Hope For Fitzwilliam. She is eagerly working on her first attempt at an original Regency romance novel: Inspired By Grace. For more information on these books, please visit her website, www.HeyLadyPublications.com


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