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A Very Fine Place by Julia Winter ~ Blog Tour ~ Deleted Scene! Hello, friends! Today, I have a deleted scene to share with you from A Very Fine Place by Julia Winter!   A Very Fine Place by Julia Win...

I'm visiting the So Little Time... blog today with a post that includes a scene I had to cut from the final version of my latest book, A Very Fine Place. This one's Lydia being, well, Lydia-ish with a crush on George Wickham, of course. Do drop in!

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The “Very Fine Place” mini blog tour I’m visiting a few blogs this week that are stalwart supporters of JAFF writers, where at each blog there will be a unique post/excerpt/director’s cut scene. 20 October 22 October 23 Oc…

I'm doing a mini blog tour with A Very Fine Place, which is doing very well:
#8 Historical British Fiction
#30 Historical Regency Fiction
#56 Regency Historical Romance
so I'm a bit stoked about that.

Anyhow, blog posts all listed here: juliawinterfiction.com/2025/10/20/t...
Do drop in and visit!

I couldn't have done it without you, my dear!

PUBLICATION DAY!!!!
Today's the day. A Very Fine Place is now available on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited using this universal link:
books2read.com/AVeryFinePlace

Also a little blog post about it here: juliawinterfiction.com/2025/10/17/p...

I am so glad to have got to today with sanity intact!

New covers for the paperbacks. I quite like them. Lots.

I have read the final MS, reread, and reread again (x10), uploaded everything to the Zon, and I. Am. Done.

Publication day: 17 October.

DONE,.

Coming 17 October
Available for preorder here: books2read.com/AVeryFinePlace

1st round of edits done, & cover etc uploaded to Amazon. Now to leave it alone for a few days, & then reread it for the final time...

At this stage, I have read the book so much I can either (i) quote it wholesale or (ii) stare at entire paras in bewilderment & wonder who the heck wrote that?!

Coming October 17th!

17 October

October 17 - publication day!

“A Very Fine Place” – coming soon! Cover Reveal. . It’s been far too long since I was active on social media. My health has deteriorated quite sharply over the last two years—angina and pulmonary fibrosis are not a great deal of fun, I can …

Coming mid October!
juliawinterfiction.com/2025/09/04/a...

And... editing has begun. I hope to get this out soonish. End September, perhaps.

Glad I didn't write to that author after all about how badly wrong she had British aristo titles and forms of address. She threw a hissy over other people's (relatively mild) comments and flounced. Poor little delicate thing.

Probably going with this one...

Am dithering about telling an author posting on a JAFF forum, just how badly wrong she has the English peerage stuff. IE titles are wrong, and countesses do NOT wear coronets everyday to show their rank (except very formal state occasions ie coronations). Offering corrections could go so badly...

Oh, JAFF writer, using "shoppe" does not add period authenticity to your tale. Truly it doesn't. The word 'shop' was far more prevalent. And what's more, Jane uses it. I suspect she'd think your using 'shoppe' is as fake antiquarian as I do.

1812 % use (ngram):
shoppe 0.000004
shop 0.001

Dithering over which cover, rather than write the final three chapters. Procrastination reigns supreme.

Left or right?

Hard decisions to make. The WIP is alternating Eliz and Darcy POV. Am sooo tempted to change Eliz's to 1st person. Soooo tempted...

"No, lad. Once may be mischance. Twice may be ill luck. But thrice? Thrice is malice.”

And I can guarantee it is wonderful, peeps. The great advantage of crit groups is seeing this early, I can tell you!

He must be so disappointed he can't stir up a race riot about it. Sad little man.

Weird how authors use historical people/titles (eg Lady Jersey) but change her surname/age etc as if Sally Jersey wasn't a real person; or writes about the Devonshire dukedom, ignoring Eliz. Foster, or that Georgiana died in 1806 & wouldn't be swanning around Meryton using an assumed name in 1811.

Playing with the cover instead of writing the darn book. Story of my life.

I have to wonder why US authors don't ask Brits for help with getting stuff right - things like titles/peerage, social mores, geography, even fauna and flora (we do not have turtles in our ponds, people!). Believe me, there is a strong need for such help, even in some of the best written JAFF.

Otherwise really good variations get that wrong. I suspect people just don't think it through.

The thing about candles? You can't dim them down. You can only blow them out.

Regency theatres were lit by those undimmable candles. So D & E getting friendly in the box will be visible to the entire theatre. Probably more interesting than the play.

Please don't use 'okay' (or any variation) in a regency romance. It makes my head ache.

Well, I'm here. Now to find my tribe.