Candy Morton: To Have a Man Like Darcy Love You...

Welcome Candy Morton to Darcyholic Diversions!

Hi, Darcyholics!  I am very happy to welcome Candy Morton to Darcyholic Diversions today.  I have gotten to know Candy through my blog tour, as well as this blog and HER blog 'So Little Time...'.  I hope you enjoy getting to know her. 

Upcoming Guest Posts Are As Follows:
May 25--Karen Cox
May 29--Jan Ashe
June 1--Kara Louise
June 5--Sharon Lathan
June 8--Gayle Mills
June 12--Shannon Winslow
June 15--Karen Wasylowski
June 19--Krista Bagley
June 22--Stephanie Hamm
June 26--Laurel Ann Nattress
June 29--Pam Dixon
July 3--Jennifer Petkus
July 6--Karen Aminada
July 10--Marilyn Brant
July 13--Meredith Esparanza
July 17--Lori Smith
July 20--Bernadette
July 24--Barbara Tiller Cole: Christmas in July
July 27--Amy Pacifico Cecil
And Many more to come!

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Comments on Candy's post will be entered into the monthly drawings here at Darcyholic Diversions. BUT Candy is also doing a special give away but you will have to read all of her post to know what to do to be eligible to win! Entries will be based on comments on blog posts; but additional chances will be given for joining this site, tweeting this post, Joining this site as a member via Google Friend Connect (GFC)!, sharing this on Facebook or your blog, Friend me on Facebook, clicking 'like’ on Barbara Tiller Cole, Author's Facebook page, Join Darcyholic Diversions Facebook Page or following BarbTCole on Twitter.

 To Have a Man Like Darcy Love You...

 

Hello! I was shocked when Barbara asked me if I would like to guest blog on Darcyholic Diversions. I thought, really? Me? Who am I? Good question. I am the mother of five children and have been married for 26, almost 27 years, but the common thread that holds you and I together is our love of Jane Austen’s work, especially our love for Pride and Prejudice! Ahh, to be Elizabeth and have a man like Darcy love you! I melt just thinking about it!  Darcy, tall, incredibly handsome, loyal and very protective, for me his is everything a man should be.

When did my love for Darcy start? Well, it began when I first watch the 2005 P&P, I fell in love with Matthew MacFadyen, yes, I’m on team Matthew!  I had tried reading P&P before with no luck. I could not understand the old English. After watching the movie, I gave the story another try and loved it. Because of the movie, I could now understand the story. I read it a few more times, understanding it better every time. One day I was at Borders and I happened to see on the shelf a book entitled The Darcys and the Bingleys by Marsha Altman. Wow! A sequel! I bought it right then! That opened a whole world to me! I found more books and fan fiction online! I couldn’t get enough!

Let me back up a minute. I need to tell you before this I didn’t read that much, an occasion book here and there. Mostly, I reread the Little House on the Prairie Series. I was a very poor reader because I read very slow, my mind would wander, causing me to have to reread what I just read. It was such a chore, so I would stop. After my third child was born, I decided to take a reading class at the community college. I found I read better than I thought. I learned so much in that class, like how to read faster to comprehend more. I advanced two grade levels in that semester!

When I joined goodreads, I realized I should write reviews. What?! I can’t write! Like with reading, I struggled with every word I would write. I couldn’t put on paper what I was thinking. I knew what I was feeling and what I was thinking but to put that in word form was impossible. But I tried. I also wanted a way to keep track of the books I’d been reading. I was beginning to mix them up in my mind! I started writing just a short little review, more for myself.

Last summer, I took some online scrapbooking classes, one was a journaling class. That class was freeing for me! You can read about that on my blog.

Oh yes, my blog! One day I was playing around on the computer and started a blog. I didn’t realize I would have to name it. Not putting much thought into this, and thinking I really don’t have time for this, I came up with "So little time..." I wrote my first post! Then I thought for fun I would put up a book review. I copied and pasted one of my reviews from goodreads, put a picture up and ta da! my first book review! I was so excited, I wrote Mary Simonsen to show her and she tweeted it! That terrified me! I wasn’t ready for other people to see my writing! But at the same time it was very exciting! Would people really care to read my thoughts?

I am still learning about writing. Every time I write a review it feels like a struggle, however, it is getting a little easier, thanks to my good friend, Jakki Leatherberry! She has been a huge help to me. I still don’t think my reviews are fantastic, but I like them. I try to keep them short because I don’t like to read long reviews myself. Mainly, in a review, I want to see if the book is any good, if it’s truly what the description says it is and if you don’t like it, why? Because the reason you don’t like it, may not be an issue for me. I don’t analyze it too deeply, I keep it simple.

What do you like to read in a review?

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