So I've been working for months, off and on, on the Regency Trilogy.

Some of you would even correctly say that one of the books has been with me for YEARS. It's true.

However, I am determined to write the story again. To write it well. To share with you these people that have been in my head and part of the nagging chorus of "Don't forget about us!" that echoes with each new project I undertake.

Sounds melancholy, perhaps, or defeatist, but I don't mean it to, I promise!

I've been working on a few other projects of late as well, some writing, some editing, and some home improvement! So, getting back to Robert and Georgiana takes some re-reading to remember where I left them.

And may I say, that being able to do so is enlightening!

I've left them here, as it happens. The Abbey. In my head, I am using Lacock Abbey as a reference.


Image taken from https://foxtalbot.co.uk/history-of-lacock-village-and-lacock-abbey/

In the current scene, there is an, ahem, difference of opinion between my hero and heroine—big surprise, I know—and I shift from one perspective to another. Which is fine, right? But just now, as I was going back to catch my train of thought, I had a spark of an idea which will open up the character of the hero a bit more, make him a better man, I think, than he would have appeared to the heroine.

Since the days of Jane Austen, certainly, the hero has been mis-estimated by the heroine during the course of romance, no? And vice-versa!

Writing a book is a process. Sometimes, I catch fire and can produce a novel in a month or maybe even two. Sometimes, it can take a year of diligent research and typing, forging ahead on a certain path.

And sometimes, the process ebbs and flows like an unhurried tidal pattern. I do enjoy watching the tide come in. :)