Writing Wednesdays: {What Time We Have Left} [CALLING ALL BETAS] [NO LONGER ACCEPTING ENTRIES]

Oh my goodness y'all, I am soooo excited about this post!!! It has been quite a journey to finish this first draft and I can't believe it. Well, I hope you enjoy this!

What Time We Have Left

England//Books//Libraries//Love//Loss//Family//Laughter//Walks//Gardens//Tears//Wind

Setting

Hampshire, England

So yes, our setting is Hampshire, England. I was looking at pictures and it looks like it is a very green, very pretty place.

Ashby Manor (name subject to change)

And most of this novella (basically all if I'm being honest) is set in Ashby Manor. Because I messed up with the title (the title of a person and their last name are different), it will probably *something else* Manor once I figure out what title to give the Ashby's. There is this manor in England (not sure where) called Gravetye Manor and it fits my mental picture of Ashby Manor to a t.

Time Period

1857-1859

Characters

Ava Pennington

(Anna Popplewell)

The only difference between Popplewell and Ava is that Ava has bright green eyes. Besides that, Anna Popplewell IS Ava Pennington.

She is my FMC. A very sweet, very mellow person. She can be funny when she wants and she loves to read.

Mr. Charles Pennington

(Tim Pigott-Smith)

He is Ava's father. A lawyer. He cares a lot for Ava and is also worried about her health. His wife died a few hours after giving birth to Ava.

Jameson Ashby

(William Moseley)

My MMC. He's also rather mellow and doesn't get angry very easily. He cares a great deal about the Penningtons and for his family.

Johnathon Ashby

(Ansel Elgort)

Jameson's younger brother. He turned out to be most people's favorite character and will be getting his very own sequel.

Lord James Ashby

(Michael Gambon)

He is Jameson and Johnathon's father, Mr. Pennington's best friend, and Ava's godfather. He is the 7th Earl of something (STILL COMING UP WITH THAT PART).

Lady Amelia Ashby

(Sharon Stone)

Married to Lord Ashby. Mother to Jameson, Johnathon, and John. Motherly figure for Ava.

John Ashby

(Matt Czuchry)

Older brother to Jameson and Johnathon. Was never really the same after being sent away.

Oh my gosh y'all. I am so freaking excited about this!!! I really hope you enjoy What Time We Have Left, because I really enjoyed writing it.

Here are just some stats if you were wondering how long it was and other things.

Genre: Historical Fiction/Romance

Chapters: 20 + Epilogue

Word Count: 32,963

Other: There is one part that I tried to make vague, but a friend told me that I had made it too vague and it made it seem like something else happened, so yeah. Still need some opinions on that.

Ahhh, I hope you enjoyed this and I hope you sign up! What did you think about all the info I gave you? Are you interested? Think this might be right up your alley? If you do sign up to be a beta, I'll be sending out an email sometime before May 10th!

EDIT: Wow.....y'all have blown me away with your sign ups! Unfortunately for those who did not get a chance to sign up, I am closing the form. 

The Post Where I Tell You (finally) What I've Been Writing. . .

Yes, yes, I know I said that I wasn't really gonna say much about it because I wanted it to be a surprise (or something along those lines). But the thing is I'm almost finished it (O_O). And I want y'all to beta read it but I was thinking, "Shoot, I should probably get peeps INTERESTED IN THIS THING". I'm gonna try and finish it before Camp Nano but we'll see.

Anyways. . .

Let's get to introducing this. . .

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WHAT TIME WE HAVE LEFT

Haha, yes, what I've been working on is called What Time We Have Left and it is a historical fiction novella. Let's just do some stats and then I'll share some covers I made and I need help choosing between.

Name: What Time We Have Left

Setting: Hampshire, England

Year: 1857-1859

Characters:
Ava Pennington
Mr. Charles Pennington
Lord James Ashby
Lady Amelia Ashby
John Ashby
Jameson Ashby
Johnathon Ashby

Snippet:
Jameson was a bundle of nerves. He kept shaking, and his poor valet had to ask him to be still a few times.
“Have you asked her yet?” Johnathon came in, all dressed for the ball. “And why are you still not ready for the ball? It begins in a few minutes!”
“I have not asked her, she took a nap and then had to get dressed. And I am not ready because I, well I don’t really know, but it has to do with my nerves.”
“Oh, you sound like an old woman, blaming everything on your nerves,” Johnathon paused for a moment. “What is the name of that lady, I think she is in an Austen novel, she wants to marry off her five daughters and is always blaming everything on her nerves? Goodness, what is her name?”
“Mrs. Bennet?” Jameson supplied
“Yes! That’s who I was thinking of!”
“You’re comparing me to Mrs. Bennet?”
“You sounded like her a moment ago, blaming your poor nerves for your problems.”
Jameson stared at his younger brother, a look of incredulity on his face. “You’re comparing me - a young man of  twenty - to Mrs. Bennet - a matron in her middle age - simply because I said that I was nervous of asking Ava if I could court her?”
Johnathon sat down on one of the chairs. “Sounds about right to me.”
“I don’t even want to know on which path your mind had to travel to reach that conclusion.”
“It was actually quite interesting! You see, first I-”
“Johnathon! I said that I did not want to know. Your mind is, is a very interesting place.”
“I thought it would distract you,” Johnathon put on a play pout. “But yes, my mind is very interesting. There is never a dull moment.”
Jameson laughed, “How can there be dull moment with you around? Very well, shall we go down to the ballroom?”

Now, I've only made one aesthetic but I guess I will share it xD

And we have some cover choices but I cannot for the life of me decide which one to use.....y'all let me know which one you like best

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Sooooo.....whaddaya think? Might you be interested in beta reading, or do you want me to tell you guys more about it first? Which cover was your favorite?