Author: Shaun van Rensburg
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Compliant Hearts: First Chapter Preview
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The neighbours sat with their wives, each within their respective drawing-rooms, at nearly the same hour, discussing their children in that way peculiar to parents: at some moments with concern, at some with patronisation, at others with resolve or indifference. At Gossamer Park, Mr Wordsworth read the paper and only half listened to his lady…
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My Top 5 Princess Diana Fashion Moments
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Today, my dear readers, we’ll be taking a look at some of my favourite fashion moments from the life of Diana, Princess of Wales. In recent years, examining what women wear has been seen as a problem–specifically because men’s fashions aren’t scrutinised as closely. Let me just say, if men’s fashions were marginally more interesting,…
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Procrastination, or, The Fear of Failure as a Writer
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A little swan told me that you’re struggling with procrastination. I think it’s good that we’re having this tête-à-tête today instead of discussing it in a classroom. It’s a rather personal topic. You see, you’re definitely not the only one who struggles with it. A lot of people do, and so do I. In the…
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Why Do Readers Love the Regency Romance?
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We keep returning to it, time and time again, in the form of television and film productions, historical romance novels, fantasy of manners—I mean, just look at the sure amount of Jane Austen adaptations there are.