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  • Dog Days of Summer

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    (Animal idioms are everywhere) When I was trying to put words on my current malaise, the above sprang to mind without hesitation. Then, I had to find out where it came from, then I thought I’d look up why so many of our figures of speech have to do with fauna, and down the rabbit…

  • Stars Are Aligning

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    I love this sort of thing, do you? Get manifesting, friends! The Lion’s Gate Portal occurs when the sun in Leo aligns with the star Sirius, and Orion’s Belt, and the pyramids in Giza. This happens every year on August 8, and every year I almost forget about it. Today is the peak, but it’s…

  • Happy World Orca ~Day… Yesterday!

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    Better late than never. There’s one fish in A Wolf in Duke’s Clothing, a footman called Shaddock, but otherwise, the world is rather fish-free. And also marine mammal-free, sadly. Adding insult to injury, World Orca Day was yesterday, 14 July – it could not be more appropriate, considering the work orcas are doing attacking yachts…

  • 10 Questions with Susanna Allen

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    As seen in TVNow for the debut of A Duke at the Door! So yeah! 10 Questions We Ask Everybody is a feature in one of Dublin’s television magazines. Dare I say, best television magazine. (I dare.) I was thrilled to participate, please enjoy. That embarrassing moment still makes all my internal organs tie up…

  • A Whole New (Previously Published) World

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    In which I announce a re-re-release, complain, and bow before the independently publishing authors who have gone before me.

  • Travelling in the Regency Era

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    Did they experience boat lag? Carriage lag? Maybe! About one hundred years ago, I arrived back in Ireland from my Christmas visit to the States. What do you mean, it was only a little over three weeks? You will never convince me that this month has not gone on for like, four generations. Even after…

  • Anatomy of a Narrative

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    In which I tell a story about telling a story… Without telling too much of the story itself! It’s almost time for my annual Christmas holiday to the States to hang with fam and friends for the perfect number of weeks (I have this down to a science at this stage). Every year I say…

  • Clearing Your Way

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    It’s an rare full moon situation right now, so make the most of it! Funnily enough, I ended up on the hiring-out-goats-to-clear-other-people’s-weeds side of TikTok today, and my takeaway is: one creature’s trash is anther creature’s Michelin star feast. This is the second full moon in Capricorn, thanks to 2024 having been a leap year.…

  • A Duke at the Door Readalong

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