It's quiet on this page right now. But soon, the lights will dim, the players will take their places, and the curtain will rise on A Comedy of Marriage. The third and final novel in my Compañeros Trilogy that began with The Witch From the Sea and continued with Runaways: A Novel of Jonkanoo, this third installment will be presented FREE online as a thank-you to all my friends and readers who have supported my efforts over the years!
After her swashbuckling debut, and subsequent adventures in the sugar islands of the West Indies, my heroine and her compañeros now find themselves in a troupe of strolling players in post-Regency England. Within the looking glass of life imitating art imitating life that is the theater, they grapple with issues of social, racial, sexual and marital equality, while the ever-relevant words of Shakespeare provide both mirror and compass.
When I brought out Runaways online, I serialized it in the traditional way, posting one chapter a week over about 8 months. In this, I borrowed a leaf from the playbook of Charles Dickens, whose novels were originally published in monthly magazine installments — partly to build up anticipation for the next chapter, but also because he wanted to make the work available to a larger readership who might not be able afford a novel published in book form.
But the Dickensian mode won't fly these days, when consumers expect to binge everything, everywhere, all at once. A Comedy Of Marriage will go up in installments, but more often than weekly, and probably more than one chapter at a time, so keep checking back!
In the meantime, feel free to click on the tabs above for some background on myself, my creations, their histories, and the world they inhabit.
And, as always, thanks for reading!
LJ
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