Category Archives: day-by-day

End of an Era

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The first publishing date for, For You Alone, (FYA), is 2008. That means the story it is based on was written between 1998 and 2000. My friend, Laura Hile and I took a couple of years to write a long and winding tome called Love Suffers Long and is Kind. This is work affectionately known as LSL. It is still kicking around the web. Thank us for helping to teach AI all about JAFF!

In a few weeks I will be taking FYA offline permanently so that I can publish it in Kindle Unlimited. I will give readers fair warning but this is her last round of online posting. Shortly after that I will start a new round of posting with a new novel that I have only posted in limited amounts over the last few years.

A Word, A Look is Anne and Frederick Wentworth five years down the road. they have been out of the country on an enjoyable assignment but now are back in England with a baby and no place to call home. The story will revisit the Crofts, the Wentworths, the Musgroves, and the Elliots in all their various configurations. My hope is to give my favorite Austen couple a hopeful outlook to the future.

I am also beginning a new project. I am not sure how I will present it to you readers. It is new for me but something I have been noodling for years. But that will be in the coming year and, fingers crossed, all the logistics will be worked out by then.

In the meantime, enjoy For You Alone.

Take care–SK

September Is Now Upon Us

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Sorry, this was a trial. And error obviously. Unless you haven’t caught up on For You Alone. It’s waiting.
Now, me back to messing with my blog. And you doing something important!

Again, sorry to bother you. SK

Here are some key details:

  • Scott married Charlotte Carpenter in 1797. She was the daughter of a French royalist who had fled to England during the revolution.
  • Together, Scott and Charlotte had four children: Sophia, Walter, Anne, and Charles.
  • Charlotte fell ill with illness in 1826 and died in May of that year. Scott was deeply affected by her death.
  • In February 1815 specifically, Scott had been married to Charlotte Carpenter for approximately 18 years already.
  • At the time, the couple lived together in Edinburgh for part of the year and spent summers at their country estate called Abbotsford in the Scottish Borders.
  • Scott was also still working as a lawyer and writer in 1815, before his novels such as Waverly later made him internationally famous.

So in summary, in February of 1815, when Scott was 44 years old, he was very much a married man and husband to Charlotte Carpenter, his wife of almost two decades. He would remain married to her until her untimely death in 1826 at the age of 61.

So, about None But You …

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IT’S AVAILABLE NOW!

It is no secret that I love the story of Persuasion’s Captain Wentworth and Anne Elliot. I am a sap when it comes to a story about second chances. I firmly believe we all have a fragmented relationship that we’d like to mend. These relationships don’t have to be romantic. In fact, mending romantic relationships without considering the condition of our present status could be awkward to say the least. However, I’m sure we all have a friendship or two that could use repair, and, no doubt, there are some problematic relationships that if put right would make family events more comfortable for everyone.

Another thing I love about Persuasion is that Jane Austen honestly portrayed Frederick as angry and petty when he returned. A lot of people are put off by his anger and the resulting thoughtless, near-attachment he finds himself involved in with Louisa Musgrove. I think it is realistic. And don’t think it is something ‘typically male.’ I’ve seen women who are peeved at the guy they care about hang all over someone they wouldn’t normally give the time of day to just so they can make a guy jealous. I haven’t got a lot of experience with romance—45-year vet of the marriage wars here—but if you want to see petty, watch me when the last Cheeto is at stake.

This is the first of a trilogy. The next volume of the series is due September 1. And volume 3 will drop October 1. If you are nervous about buying into an unfinished series, you can see I have a plan and unless the zombie apocalypse interferes, I’m sticking to it.

Moving forward …

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I have removed None But You from my Substack. In fact, Substack got removed. If you have been a subscriber, you are released from the burden thereof. The individual chapters are still available HERE. I will leave them up for a week and then, POOF, they will be gone as I start working publishing the ebook and paperback. Thank you for the support and watch this space for news about For You Alone, book two of the Frederick Wentworth, Captain series.

Take care–SK