Uncounted Elephants (Blog) ⋆ Lisa Demers Author

Why Can’t I Remember?

February 24, 2026

Fenella Hepworth is injured in a carriage accident and loses her memory. She knows who she is, but the previous four years are wiped away. Recovering in a roadside inn, she only has her maid, Biddy with her as she was traveling to Lancashire to marry the son of her father’s friend. But with her...

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Maida and Bartholomew Meet Cute

February 17, 2026

Bartholomew de Courcy, surveyor, develops a headache. He dismisses his helpers and seeks the shelter of the trees clustering thickly around a stream. Unexpectedly, he encounters a trespasser on this...

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Nate and Jonathan

November 18, 2025

This snippet is from Bedroom Eyes, Book 2: Song of Love. Nate Fairchild is ungraciously awoken by his clerical brother Jonathan. He’s been found passed out in the St. George’s...

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Augusta and Madge

November 10, 2025

This is from Bedroom Eyes, Book 2: Song of Love. Augusta “Gus” Rudhall will be ordered to London for the Season despite wanting nothing more than to stay in the...

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Unexpected Visitors

November 4, 2025

This is a bit long, but this scene is the first of many that slowly draws Maida Locke out of her self-imposed prison. From my currently editing, and soon to-be-published...

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Maida Locke, never a Bride

October 13, 2025

This is a scene from Bedroom Eyes, Book 2: Song of Love. Lord Nathaniel Fairchild, the hero, has agreed to marry his childhood friend’s sister, Maida. Sir Jacob Locke leaves...

History, Words

A Flea in One’s Ear

October 7, 2025

While editing a scene in my work-in-progress, I pulled back to consider whether a particular character would say, “I’m going to send her packing with a flea in her ear.”...