Revisiting stories of the past

I have started to look over the stories I have started now that The Thine Line Between Love and Hate is nearly finished. I have lots and lots. A few that I'm working on again, and some that I'm not sure if they will ever find their way to fanfiction.net. I have one on Persuasion, another on Becoming Jane and a Pride and Prejudice-story that I'm thinking is good enough to continue writing on. Which of these would you, my dear readers, want me to work on more?

A Way Back into Love (working title) - Wentworth and Anne, Persuasion: Modern slight AU story. Frederick broke up with Anne 8 years ago, but he doesn’t really know the whole truth about what happened. What will happen when he does? 

Accidentally in Love - Jane and Tom Lefroy, Becoming Jane: A modern take on Becoming Jane. Basically the same story

Every Girl needs a Mr Darcy, Right? - Lizzie and Darcy, Pride and Prejudice: Modern/regency/sci-fi, Mr Darcy is thrown into our modern world as he faces a loveless marriage with a woman of his aunt’s choice. Will modern Elizabeth Bennet fall for his old fashion charms and gigantic sideburns?

Comment below, please. This is also a small test to see how many of you have actually found this blog. :P Make me happy!

Finally, TTBLAH 44 is up!

Yeah, I know, I know, it's been ages. Well, over a year at least. But we've moved. New house, new city new job. Not so forgiving as my last one, sorry to say. Busy busy busy. I've also really gotten into my own writing. I've actually got a short story published. Yey me! But, without further ado, here's a taste of chapter 44!

Chapter 44: This is going to be a Good Night

 William did his best to shake off the uneasy feeling. He knew he was of an anxious mind, always thinking too hard and analysing too much before taking action, but this time he hadn’t. Though he was sure this was going to have the desired effect, he wasn’t entirely sure this wasn’t going to reflect back on to the family business. Then there was the whole other thing that made his stomach churn with nervous butterflies. Proposing to Elizabeth. What had he been thinking?

His hand flew up to the inner pocket of his jacket and he patted it vacantly. What if she said no? The thought brought a new flutter to his stomach and he drew in a deep breath to steady himself. She was going to say yes, he was pretty sure of it. In any case it was too late to get cold feet. The plan was in motion. But first they were going to have to get through a night with both Caroline Bingley and Cathy de Bourgh present.

William was caught up with the gleefulness of the others, but there was still a twitch of nervousness in his stomach. Whether it was because of bringing down Caroline, the oncoming ball or the proposal, he wasn’t really sure, but he wasn’t completely at ease as the others. He had a mental pep talk with himself and persuaded himself that all was going to go as planned. He had another glass of champagne in the limo, trying to calm his fluttering stomach down. Elizabeth was eyeing him suspiciously, but never said anything. She did however smile encouragingly from time to time and squeezed his hand whenever she got the chance. By the time they arrived at the venue, he felt more relaxed than before. There was little he could do to change the outcome of the evening. William was however determined to enjoy himself and not let the pre-proposal-jitters get to him.

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TTLBLAH 43 is up!

Yes, it's been a while. I admit. But I'm really trying to wrap this puppy up in a neat bundle, though it's really hard. So much to think about. Along this journey I have learned to write down the character gallery, places I have in the story and other useful stuff. Good to have on hand when the writing is going slow. So, without further ado, here's chapter 43! 

Chapter 43: Badasses on the Move
Elizabeth lazily opened one eye and peered around in the room, suddenly unsure of where she was. William's sleepy grunt next to her brought her back to Boston and his downtown loft. She smiled languidly and rolled over to snuggle close to him. She breathed in his familiar scent and felt like home. She could hardly believe that for only a couple of months ago she disliked him and wouldn't even give him the time of day. She sighed comfortably and caressed his sleep warm cheek. He moved slightly and smiled. Her heart skipped a beat. He was just so gorgeous, even when sleeping. 

It was still early, and she didn't want to get up just yet, so she closed her eyes again, nestling into his embrace as carefully as she could without waking him. There were so many things to do today and she wasn't really sure if she was quite ready to start the day. She was going to have to share William with the rest of the world, but for now they were alone, just the two of them, just how she liked it. She made a mental note of, when getting back to England, she would let William take her out on a real proper date, without any meddling family, friends or conniving Carolines. Just the two of them, for say, dinner and a movie?

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TTLBLAH ch 42 is up!

Yes, it took some time, but not as much as I had feared. ;) I'm really on a writing roll now, writing on most of my stories. Yes, there are several.

So without further ado, here's chapter 42: I wanna do bad Things with You:

    “I made popcorn,” Elizabeth stated as she sat down next to William in front of his computer. He smiled.
    “Do you really think this is going to be so exciting that you need popcorn?” He raised a teasing eyebrow.
    “Are you kidding me?” She looked surprised. “I’m sure it’s going to be spectacular. Didn’t you hear Sophie on the phone?”
    “You’re such a weirdo, you know that, right?” He kissed her on the cheek.
    “Yup.” She smiled and tossed popcorn into her open mouth. “Want some?” She held out the bowl toward him.
    “No, thanks, I’m good.” He shook his head slightly.
    “What?” She looked curiously at him.
    “Nothing.” 

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TTLBLAH ch. 41 is finally up

Yes, I'm so, so sorry for the delay. I got caught up with life and work and trying my own thing. You know how it is. Since I won that contest I've tried my luck in writing my own stuff. But I do intend to finish those stories I have started and posted. I have a ton lying on my computor too. Might finsih them too, you never know. ;)

Chapter 41: The Wicked Witch of the West

Caroline Bingley was used to get everything she pointed at. She had been daddy's little princess and had had him wrapped around her little finger since he first laid eyes on her as a new born. She had found early in life that she easily could manipulate the people around. But now he was looking at her reprovingly. Sure, he had allowed her to take a position in the company, but she could see that he was disappointed in her. Everything had been blown out of proportion and nothing really had gone as planned. Had everything gone as it should have, she wouldn't had been in this mess now.

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I won a short story competition!

I am still a bit shell shocked, but I have just won my first fanfiction-contest. That's one of the reasons I have been absent the last month, I concentrated on getting this story finished. It's in Swedish, and is inspired by the book Halvblod (Halfblood) by Sofie Trinh Johansson. A really good book about Avaline who discovers that she is a halfblood, sired by a vampiric father, who wants her dead, and a human mother who died giving birth to her. I'm sure it's going to come out in English, but I have no idea when. I really enjoyed reading it, and it is what got me into writing again. :) So, yes, I'm so happy that I won!

I will be posting this short (well, 13 pages long) story here in the blog later on. I'm thinking of translating it into English, but we'll see about that. Google can translate... or not. ;)

Anywho, I'm working on the next chapter of TTLBLAH, but it's going painfully slow, but I am trying to get it done.

Ch 40 of TTLBLAH is up!

Yes, I was on a roll and just kept on going! Hopefully I will keep this up until I'm finished with the story!

Chapter 40: Naughty is the New Nice

Jane is having second thoughts," Elizabeth announced as they joined the men on the dock. William frowned. He was a bit surprised, since Jane had been the one who had been hit the worst by Caroline. "We really need to talk this through so that everybody is okay with this plan of ours and the consequences that can come thereof." Elizabeth sat down next to William and snuggled close. He kissed her hair briefly before looking around at the people around him. It really did look like a war meeting of sorts. They were all looking very focused and concerned. 

"Perhaps Jane is right," Peter said. "Just because we now have a mole, it doesn't necessarily mean that we have to use this information, let alone expose Caroline at the Ball." 

"I for one think she needs to be publically exposed," Georgiana said firmly. 

"Charlie, she's you sister, what do you think?" Jane turned to her boyfriend for support. Charles shrugged and didn't really seem to know what to say. "I just think that if we do this, at least at the Ball, we're just as bad as her." Jane crossed her arms in front of her and put on her best stern teacher face.

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TTLBLAH is finally updated

I really got into writing this week. Yey! I have missed it so much and hopefully this inspiration keeps going. I'm really trying to wrap this story up, so that  I don't need to feel so guilty over not updating the story as fast as my readers would want. :P I have a ton others that lay in wait to be known to the world too. Perhaps a bit of Persuasion, next?

Chapter 39: Everyone Seems to Grow a Conscience 

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he arrival of Peter Fitzwilliam was like a cool breeze on a hot summer's day. Everybody's mood lightened up and Saturday's dinner party didn't really look as dull as Elizabeth had anticipated, what with Mr Darcy's hesitations toward her and their little disagreement regarding Bill Collins and Anne de Bourgh and all. The fact that Charles and Jane would be there, too, was also reassuring. She needed a bunch of fans if Mr Darcy were to warm up to her. 

Elizabeth tried to help out in the kitchen, but was constantly chased out by Mrs Darcy with a 'Darling, you are our guest. Please behave as one and go outside and enjoy the weather. I can manage fine, thank you.' Elizabeth didn't doubt that Mrs Darcy could, especially since she had brought in help in the form of Georgiana and a friend of hers, but she wasn't used to not help out. Even if she wasn't the best cook she did make a killer salad.

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Finding my way back into writing

I know it's been ages since I've updated the blog and my active story on Fanfiction.net. I'm sorry. I just haven't had any inspiration for that story in a while. I have written a few words here and there, but nothing more substatial than that. All my stories are suffering my writers block. Though, I have tried my luck in writing in Swedish, I've only come three pages.

At the moment I am going through The Thin line and editing it as I read through it. I hope this will wake my inspiration and hunger to continue the story. Because finsih it I will. I will not promise WHEN, but  I promise you that I WILL finish it.

I do hope that a few of my readers finds their way here, because I won't post an author's note. I hate when people do that, because it gets the hopes up, and I  know how dissappointed you get when you find a note saying sorry, I haven't updated, and I probably will not in a while... Nope. I will update the story when I have a new chapter finished.

I am so sorry

Life has gotten in the way of my writing. I had been planning on getting one chapter ready before going on maternity leave, but work got in the way. It was a bit hectic and well, too be honest, I wasn't sure what was going to happen with my position as I left. Then I was pretty sure that I was going to find the time to write whilst being home with  my 2 year old whilst waiting for number two. Well, what was I thinking?! Yeah, and then number two arrived, 3 days after due date, and now I have a new love in my life. The most adorable little daughter a mother could ever dream of.

But my head is spinning with ideas, but it is not easy to find the time to sit down and write them down when having to care for two little ones. Good thing is that the hubbie now has vacation for 4 more weeks, and hopefully I will be able to finish a chapter or two in that time. I'm not leaving my stories unfinished. Do not worry about that.

I'm not sure how many of my readers even read this blog, but hopefully one or two has found their way over here. :P I might just have to publish an author's note...

Ch. 38 of TTLBLAH is up

Yes, it's been a while, I know. But I'm just having some trouble getting to where I want to with the story. It's soon finished, and it's kind of sad to see a story finished in a way, though very satisfactory when it's at last done. I really do hope I have the time to finish this story before my second child is born... :P

Sneak Peak:
Chapter 38: Tête-à-tête with Dad

Thursday went by in a lazy fashion. Elizabeth was jetlagged and took refuge under a large oak tree in the garden with a book. William was left to himself and decided to contact Peter regarding the ball and Elizabeth's idea about how to get back at Caroline. Peter sounded excited over the idea and was eager to get started. Peter already had a person in mind that could infiltrate and get Caroline to spill her guts if only they could get her into the ball. William was fairly sure that wouldn't be a problem.
"I need to speak with you after breakfast," Mr Darcy said to his son on Friday morning. William thought it just as well to have it over with. They had a lot to talk about. He had some great ideas for the company, but he guessed his father wanted to talk about other things.
"I'm just going to drop Lizzie off at the Bingleys, after that I'll be all yours," William answered. Elizabeth was going to have lunch with her sister and Mrs Bingley and then hit the town to find something to wear to the ball. William was meeting her for dinner and a movie later that afternoon.

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Ch. 37 of TTLBLAH is up

So utterly delayed, once more. I apologise most ardently to my dear readers! But after that review I kind of lost what little inspiration I had, and then I thought the chapter wasn't good enough... Oh well. It will have to do.

Sneak peak: 

Chapter 37: Surprise, Surprise

Elizabeth was not a boats person and she regarded the old boat with the large swan in the back sceptically. It really didn't look that safe.
William smiled reassuringly. "This boat has been in the service of the Boston citizens since 1877."
"That was what I was afraid of," she said.
"It's quite sturdy," William promised and held out his hand. "Would you please get your ass down here?" As there was a line starting forming behind her, Elizabeth really didn't have any choice but to reluctantly climb down into the boat. She immediately sat down and peered over the side.

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I will try my best to update more frequently, but I'm not making any more promises I cannot keep.

Does Col. Fitzwilliam have a first name?

I got a very interesting review on The Thin Line. The reader was a bit upset with my writing. Especially that I had named Fitzwilliam Peter and not Richard which she (or he) said is his name. I have now read through the chapters where he is figuring and  I cannot for the life of me find any reference to the name Richard. So I googled. Nope. He doens't seem to have a given name, but, is frequently named Richard in fanfiction. So there. I can name him Peter if I want. Ha! The reason I have named him Peter is because of the character he is in Much Ado, i.e Prince Pedro.

The reader had a lot of other points on where she (or he) didn't get my fiction. But that's okay. Most of it I can claim artisitc freedom of. I mean just because Georgiana was 15 or more years younger than Darcy in the original, she doesn't have to be that young in my fanfic, right?

If you want to read the review in whole, please visit  The Thin Line and click on reviews. I did write the reader a nice reply, since the reader prefered to be anonymous I had to write a review myself. :P

Ch. 36 of TTLBLAH is up

It's a bit short, I know, but I wanted it up before going on Christmas Holiday! Hope it's to your liking, though

Sneak Peak:
Chapter 36: Cheesy Comments and a Nasty Witch
He showed Elizabeth all his favourite spots in the garden, or park as she preferred to call it. He guessed she was right. It was too large to be called a garden. In fact, they had two gardeners that took care of it all.

"I wonder how Jane's doing," Elizabeth said as they sat down on the little dock on the beach, which was his favourite place of them all. He had been coming here since the dock had been built. To just get away for a moment or two and breathe in the salty air of the ocean.

"I'm sure she's just fine," William assured her. Even if Mr Bingley had been blind when it came to Caroline, he was sure both he and his wife would be hospitable enough to welcoming Jane into their home. He was sure Charles had told them just how wrong Caroline had been about Jane.

"I just hope Caroline hasn't been feeding them lies about my sister."

"Don't worry. Charlie has been there the whole time. In this case I really do hope that they listen to him, and not to her. I'm sure they think highly enough of their son not to think he'd stay with someone who had been cheating on him."

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Chapter 35 of TTLBLAH is up

Yeah, so it took me a while, again. Sorry. Have started a new story, again, and you know how it is with new stories. They kind of demands your attention and you feel you have to write just to get to know what will happen. Even if you are the one writing it, the story has its own life. At least mine does. They never turn out exactly the way I have planned, really.

Sneak peak:
Chapter 35: A Home away from Home?
William felt proud as Elizabeth admired his childhood, well part of it anyway, home. His mother had decorated it with an eclectic mix of old and new. They would only be staying there for a couple of nights, then retrench to his apartment down town. There were only so much of his parents he could take. A couple of nights under their roof were sufficient enough to make him feel like five again. Altough it was nice to be pampered from time to time, it could be too much.

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I Remember Love is completed

It nearly took me forever, but now it is done. I have left Tom and Jane for this time around, but will surely visit them again in the future.

Chapter 45: In which they Experience the Miracle of Life
 Jane woke up with a delicious feeling of contentment early the next morning. She had not felt so completely calm and care free for a very long time. She thought she would have felt different. So much had change in the last 24 hours. She was no longer in danger of dying an old maid, but a married woman. The epithet 'maid' did most definitely not apply to her anymore. She felt herself colour as she thought back on the night.

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No, I'm not Dead

I'm so so sorry for not updating my fics. Life has gotten in the way once again, and I have had a really tough time with the current chapter in The Thin Line. The main problem is to do the research really. I've never been to Boston or even to the States. Luckily I've been to England a couple of times, but since I'm mainly writing about a imaginary town it's easier than a real one. Thank God for Google I say! :P

I hope you guys bare with me though. I will finish the chapter soon. And my other fics, too. Am nearly done with I remember love, I'm just unwilling to let it go...

I have updated TTLBLAH a couple of times...

But have forgotten to put them here... :P Well, chapter 33 is just updated on fanfiction.net. Hurry there to read! :)

Seak Peak:

Chapter 33: Because First Impressions Doesn't Always Last
Elizabeth was not looking forward to dinner with her parents that evening. She feared that all her sisters would be in place as well as her mother and father. Dinner in the Bennet household with everyone there was usually quite fun. But that was when she was not the object of attention. Having William there would help a little, but not enough. Besides, she was beginning to regret inviting him at all. She had wanted to shield him as long as possible from her family. Her father, she guessed, was pretty tolerable and so was Jane, but the rest? Not so much. She hadn't even told her mother she would be bringing a guest. She knew that was a little bit evil, but she didn't care. She wasn't worried that there wouldn't be enough food. Her mother always cooked for a full battalion. Elizabeth would so enjoy the look on her mother's face when she walked in with William on her arm.

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I'm on vacation

Just a little note to let you know that I am alive, but on vacation. Normally that generates lots of writing, and it has, only in new directions and new stories that keeps on popping up in my head. I have so many ideas, but it's hard to put them down on paper. I have six or seven Persuasion stories on the go, I guess some of them will merge together for it to be worth publishing. I have started an Emma story too. Emma is so not my favourite, but for some reason she got stuck in my head after re-reading it.

I should really try to finish what I've started... Oh well, I probably will, eventually do that! ;)

Until next time, know that I love comments, I'd love to hear from my readers. Ideas and suggestions are most welcome.

Ch 30 of TTLBLAH is up!

Yes, I'm finally finished! I have lots of ideas, but trouble getting them down on paper as usual. Things will be moving on a bit faster from now on!

Sneak peak:

Chapter 30: William the Helpful
William had to admit that there would be meaningful glances from several eyes if they delayed their departure any longer. But he could not deny that he wanted to throw her down on the bed and ravish her. This was not really the time, or the place for such indulgences. After one look at her he weighed the pros and cons and chucked the cons out the window and closed the gap between them with one quick step and took her in his arms again, almost violently.

"William?" she protested softly between the kisses.

"Let's give them something to talk about," he murmured. "I really don't care about anyone but you." At this Elizabeth laughed softly and encircled his neck again.

"Now I have to change my clothes again," she whispered. "I'm getting wet…" She closed her mouth before she finished the sentence as she realised the double meaning in that statement. Her face grew red and William grinned.

"That is really too bad," he said. "Let me help you with that…"

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