The Remmington Homes Look like...

This is Marty's father's home - called The Remmington Manor - it's model is the Goldsborough Hall, which is the best of what I could find as I envisioned her home when I wrote some scenes. And let me tell you, it was incredibly hard to find a picture of a house that modeled what I had in my head. It's not perfect, but I like it.

Goldsborough Hall located in North Yorkshire, England, but in my book the Remmington Manor is located in Portmouth, England.

Goldsborough Hall is now a private, exclusive wedding venue with elegant state rooms, luxury accommodation and stunning landscaped grounds.

Goldsborough Hall is a Jacobean stately home located in the village of Goldsborough.

Goldsborough Hall was built from 1601 to 1625 for Sir Richard Hutton, a prominent lawyer in London, who became the High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1623.

Jane and Alexandra's home - called The Remmington Hall. It was their Grandfather's farmhouse. This is the best image I could find that closely fit the image I had in my head as to what their farmhouse looked like.

This 17th century farmhouse located in village of Sulgrave in real life, but in my book it is located in Penrith, Cumbria, England.



Miss Alexandra Remmington (one of the 6 main characters)

Miss Alexandra Remmington is the sister Jane Remmington and the cousin of Martha Remminton. She is a detailed kind of girl. She likes things done a certain way.

She feels it's her responsibility to protect Marty and Jane. She would do ANYTHING for them and wouldn't waste any time if they were in trouble.
She avoids killing as much as possible, upon taking on the art of weapons for defense.

And this model I think fits her description best out of all the other pictures I found. It was many hours of hunting and deciding and debating, but I am finally satisfied with this beauty...

Miss Alexandra's nickname is Alex to the people she is more informal with. She is 18 years old. She has thin, curly, dark auburn hair, hazel eyes, and slender figure. She has pale skin with pink undertones. Her nose is small and pointed and has high cheek bones. Her lips are shapely, where the upper lip is thinner than the bottom. Her heart-shaped face has a slightly angular jaw-line, but it is rounder and softer than her sister, Jane's.

Personality - She is an introvert and thinks logically. Rarely thinks ill of anybody, is content, happy and trusting of others. Her true feelings are hard to be noted due to her reserved manner and pleasantness to all.
She is good at figuring out what people are thinking or trying to say.
She is not afraid to fight for what is right.
She wants to unburden her parents by marrying any nice nobleman.
On the outside she looks at peace, but on the inside she is worried.
She knows she can't control it but trusts that whatever happens is meant to be. She lives the way she is happiest, naturally. It seems logical after all. She also has a need for being connected to something greater than herself (spiritually).

Strengths - loyal, dedication, integrity, bravery, very moral, dependable, strong faith, clever, self-sacrificing, thinks logically

Weakness - has a little trouble sticking up for herself around new people, idealistic, temper

Her Favorite Phrases:
"What in the world?"

A bit o' conversation:
"Oh, but they do concern me, cause they're my friends too. And I'll do whatever it takes to protect them," said Alex to Tom.

A bit o' conversation:
"How come you are so knowledgeable?" asked Crazy Lou.
"I read a book," said Alex.

A bit o' conversation:
"What did I do to make you hate me so much?" asked Alex.
"It's not what you did, but what you're destined to do!" said Lady Drizelle.

A bit o' conversation:
"You are positively the most irreverent, impertinent, disrespectful, impudent, immoral, cheeky cad I have ever met," said Alex to Gavin's face.
"Is that all he is?" asked Jacob.

A bit o' conversation:
Jacob nervously struggled to tell Alex he loved her. "Um... You... You fight good." A strange look crossed his face.
Alex smiled sweetly. "Oh. Thank you. You are not so bad yourself."

A bit o' conversation:
"I'm leaving...again," said Jane. "You're both welcome to come with." Jane and Marty sat on a bed. "For, I'm going to confiscate a ship."
Alex looked at her sister with surprise then doubt.
"How?" asked Marty with interest and uncertainty.
"Oh, no!" said Alex quickly. "What about your life?"
"It's here," said Jane. "We will take an empty ship before sunrise," she added with animation.
"Before anyone's awake," said Alex softly under her breath with realization.
"Perfect!" said Marty with exhileration.
Alex stood up. "No! No! And no!"
"Why not?" asked Jane with a defensive tone.
"For one, it's not viable," said Alex. "And two, it's not possible. And three, it's just WRONG!"

Miss Alex aspires to be like Grandmama Remmington, who is a very confident lady with courage, cleverness, and care.

Miss Martha Remmington (one of the 6 main characters)

Miss Martha Remmington is Jane and Alexandra Remmington's cousin. She is an heiress.

Her nickname is Marty. It's kind of hard to go by Martha sometimes, because I'm so used to calling her Marty. Regardless, Marty is an heiress. Her mother is Hispanic and her father is English.

I went through a gazillion, ok maybe not quite a gazillion, but I went through a ton of different pictures of girls with the similar description of Miss Martha, and this girl is the one fits the image in my head the best for Marty...

She is 17 years old. She has thick straight, super dark brown hair (looks almost like black). Her skin is pale with golden undertones that tans easily in the sun. She has a slender figure and big brown eyes that are usually full of energy and boldness. Her face is oblong with a square jawline and pointed chin.

Her Strengths - good listener, kind, sensitive, bravery, boldness, loyalty, dedication, energetic, clever, self-sacrificing, confident

Her Weaknesses - people-pleaser, sometimes impulsive, impressionable, rebellious, nosey

Personality - She is an extrovert and thinks instinctively. She's carefree, vain (meaning, excessively proud of her personal appearance, except for her skin tone). She is frivolous, sometimes playful, perky, lighthearted, merry, sometimes thoughtless, frolicsome.

She is caring toward her family, especially when something is serious...

She is very strong in the face of her brothers and other men.

She looks at the character of a person and not the title.

Her Favorite Phrase:

"Oh pish!"

A bit o' conversation:

"Why was she hiding a key?" asked Marty.

"And what is it for?" asked Alex.

"Maybe there's something in the room that would help," suggested Jane.

A bit o' conversation:

"You're really not going to lose any sleep over this, are you?" asked Marty.

"Not a wink," said Tom.

"Because, I'd be tossing and turning, knowing I'm alive because I let my friend nearly got killed for me."

"Augh! I'm not responsible for this mess! I'm not going. And I didn't ask Jacob to put his neck on the line for me!"

"Look, clearly I can't appeal to your honor but I have other ways of convincing you."
"Truly? Uh... Just how do you expect to do that, sweetheart?"

"By speaking your language." She held up a large diamond. she emptied a small bag of jewels into his hand.

Tom looked at the twinkling contents and considered her offer of rescuing Jacob. He looked at her suddenly. "Yup, this'll do!"

A bit o' dialogue:
"Ugh! Pirates! Always insatiable!" Martha complained as she moved through the woods.

A bit o' conversation:

"The Ultimate Treasure," Jacob turned around and walked away, saying, "Go ahead! Knock yourself out."

"Ugh! He's such a mule!" said Marty.

"And handsome," said Jane.

"I...I didn't notice," said Marty.

"Hmm, hmm," said Jane.

A bit o' dialogue:
He offered a pistol. She reached for it then he jerked it out of her reach.
"Oh, you are going to do this now?" Marty glared.
"Alright, alright, this time I'm serious, here." He offered it to her again.
She reached again but he jerked it away. She sighed with frustration. He laughed, as she said, "What are you doing? We don't have time for this!"

A bit o' conversation:
"You say you're willing to die for love, but you know nothing about dying and you know nothing about love!"

An 18th century wedding dress

Marty Remmington's father - Lord David Remmington - is a gentleman of the higher part of the upper class, who makes 4 thousand a year and has an independent income. He does not hold land directly of Queen Anne).

Lord David is very eager for his daughter to marry someone of higher rank (like all fathers want for their daughters, including their mothers and brothers).

A Quote

You will come to find that I LOVE quotes! They make you think, they encourage you, they inspire you, they remind you, they teach you, and they do whatever you sense it's doing to you...

"Trying to be happy without a sense of God's presence is like trying to have a bright day without the sun."

~AW Tozer

Miss Jane Remmington (one of the 6 main characters)

Hmm...It's soo hard to choose which character to introduce next, because I have three main guy characters and three main girl characters in my pirate series, The Remmington Pirates Saga. I guess I could start with...the oldest girl...(After all "ladies first," right gentlemen?)   ;) And then the next blog will be her sister and the blog after that will be their cousin and the next three blogs will be the guys they fall in love with...Who are they going to fall in love with, anyways? I mean, which guy???

Anyways this is Miss Jane Remmington...(best I could find to match the girl in my head.) =]

Jane is 19 years old with wavy light blond hair that frames her square shaped face. Her hazel eyes are confident and hard, always pondering deeply, but when given the oppurtunity they express her other emotions. And a slender figure. Her bottom lip is a tad bigger than her upper lip, still her lips are thin. Her nose is small and pointed. She possesses fair, creamy skin, high cheek bones and a defined jawline.

She has two older brothers and three younger siblings (two of them being girls and one of them being another brother).

Personality - is in introvert, but spirited, strong-willed, and sensitive. She forgets about others a lot in her go-getter mode. When she sees something she wants, she is only aware of the things that will help her get what she wants and the people she really cares about.

Her Strengths - does not want to disappoint loved ones, wants them to be happy, she is strongwilled, has courage, is brave, has boldness, is loyal, has dedication, is sensitive.

Her Weakness - pride, relies too much on her feelings (like hate), hence is impulsive, anti-God, stubborn, unreliable, not a good listener.

Interesting Fact: She aspires to be good with weapons (like the sword, dagger, pistol and rifle) and sailing.

Favorite Phrases:

"What in crazy heaven?"

"Oh poppy cock!"

Part of a conversation:

"Aren't you a...a damsel in distress?" asked Tom.

"I'm a damsel and I'm in distress. I can handle this. Goodbye," snapped Jane.

Another part of a conversation after Jane has been proposed to by Lieutenant Derrick Dunlevy:

"But don't you realize that he loves you?" asked Uncle David.

"He loves me?" asked Jane.

"Yes, of course," said Uncle Remmington.

"But I have only met him...once."

"When one truly loves someone, one doesn't have to know them well to be sure, Jane. One feels it right away."

Another part o' conversation:

"What arr you doing?" a gruff voice said moving closer.

Jane froze. "I..." She was so close to finding the leftover food.

"Come on, let's go, boy."

The pirate apparently had no patience, for he grabbed her with strong, harsh hands.

"What? No! You misunderstand me!"

"Stealin' food is not a misunderstandin', much less boardin' wit' out permission," said he grumpily, dragging her through the dark ship toward the upper deck.

"But...I'm just-"

"Just a what? A thief and a stowaway? Who are you?"

"Aren't you a thief too?" She looked up at him. He was very skinny, not what she expected form such a hard grasp.

"Aye...but ye be stealin' some o' me portion o' da' food."

"Oh, see? You do understand my hunger."

"No, I don't." He dragged her along with his long strides.

"Please!"

"No!"

"I-" She was suddenly silenced by pouring buckets of rain and tough blowing winds that drowned out her argument.

Another part o' conversation:

"That...that...You...!" Jane growled up at him. "You black crooked..." she gasped. "Cold-gutted wolf!"

Another part o' conversation:

He grinned wickedly and began to move toward her again.

Jane ran to his desk and picked up the sapphire. "What's this?"

"That, is not yours."

"Truly?" a very small grin slowly appeared on her mouth.

Another part o' conversation:

"Ello, Miss Remmerling," said Tom.

"Remmington," snapped Jane.

"Whatever, I think I want to make a wish."

"How about a death wish?" Jane sneered.

"Ah, you don't mean that."

"That's just your wishful thinking."

"What is your wish?" adked he.

"I wish my brother would have killed you  instead!" She charged him, thrusting her blade at him. He deflected it.

"Hey! You killed my brother. Can't we call it square?"

Another bit o' conversation:

“No, we’ll talk about it when I am on and we’ve made sail,” said Jane pushing past him.

“I love it when you’re mad,” Jacob smirked.

Another bit o' conversation:

She sighed, saying, "He's not coming. Perhaps it really was all a dream."

"Then my dream is still going," said a male voice.

Jane spun around, as a dark figure appeared out of the shadows. She gasped with fear, joy and excitedment and fear again. It was Gavin. "You came?"

"I did," said he.

"I thought you weren't coming."

"I'm glad you waited for me." He smirked.

She smiled uncontrollably. He was so handsome.

Jane Remmington wants to avoid a loveless marriage and finding her ancestors' long, lost forgotten inheritance from centuries ago could buy her time to find love, but everyone else wants the treasure too.

She leads her sister and cousin into the dangerous world of pirates - though really, they have their own reasons for tagging along...

Check back in a day or two to meet her sister. Or her cousin? OR should you meet one of the guys? Tom, Gavin, or Jacob?

Meet Crazy Lou from "The Remmington Pirate Saga"!

I am a visual person. I like pictures. So as soon as I created a character I went and looked for a model. I looked for a picture to help bring the character to life...for me at least.
AND I'm a person who loves conversations and quotes, they feed my story and make it move somewhere.

Anyways...this is Captain Crazy Lou or at least an idea of what he looks like. He is a pirate antiquarian  (Antiquarian is the first term or know archaeologist, whence the word archaeology did not exist till the 1800s). He hunts ancient, unique, lost treasures of gold or spectacular artefacts from around the world to sell or keep as a souvenir.

 He is 6' and 3" tall. His age is 37 years old. He has a lean and swarthy face, thin, but strong built frame, a tenor voice, brunette hair, full beard and mustache. He has green eyes (though in the picture they are not, because it is hard to find an exact match).

Personality - extrovert, tough, likes to keep his enemies guessing, stern, daring, clever

He is the baby of the family. He is also the rebellious one in the family.

He called his ship, The Ravaging Cobra and it's a galleon. (The picture below just shows how big it is.)

One of his favorite phrases is, "Oddsfish!" 

He's the first reason his nieces (which he doesn't know about) sneak away from home and get involved in pirates. 

Here's a bit o' conversation he has:

On board Crazy Lou's The Ravaging Cobra...

"What if we're wrong," asked Gavin.

"I don't think so," said Crazy Lou.

"Have you ever been wrong before?" asked Gavin.

"I thought so once, but I was wrong," said Crazy Lou and walked away. Gavin stared after him.

Another bit o' conversation:

"Captain, you're not serious," said Jacob. "You're going in their unarmed, you'll be leaving with the dead."

"Well, I said I'd be unarmed," said Crazy Lou. "I didn't say anything about you being unarmed."

Another bit o' conversation:

"You started it!" growled Crazy Lou, as he marched up to Jane, shaking his finger at her.

"What?" Jane protested, noting fat slicks of moisture streaking his temples and throat from the heat.

"Had you kept yer trap shut, we wouldn't be in this bloody mess!"

"Well, excuse me for speaking the truth."

"Mark my words, lassy, don't speak the truth so much and it'll keep ye out o' trouble, eh?"

She narrowed her eyes at him with a look of defiance.

Another bit o' conversation:

"...Every man to keep his piece, pistols and cutlass clean and fit for service or be marooned or face certain death."

The man continued listing off a bunch of rules that ended in death or marooning.

"Does this code have any rules that don't end in death or marooning?" asked Alexandra.

"It's a strict code," said Crazy Lou.

More random quotes:

"A man needs a little madness, or else he never dares to cut the rope," said Crazy Lou.

"What fool has broke adrift here?" asked Crazy Lou, approaching the crowd of pirates encircling someone.

Let's Begin...Somewhere

I am in the process of writing a pirate, romance, action-adventure series.

I'm currently calling it, "The Remmington Pirate Series." It's set in the early 18th century.

Two sisters and their cousin (coming into the young adult world, where their fathers want to marry them off to noblemen) find out that their uncle is not dead. He's a pirate! He's known as Crazy Lou. So the adventure begins when Jane wants to meet this notoriously, fearsome, pirate uncle of hers, but Alexandra (her sister) and Martha (their cousin) don't want her to go alone, so of course they have to come with.

They meet handsome, young, old, mean, dirty, strange, kind and all sorts of other pirates and people. Some are unsuspecting of who they are or what their story is.
Through their travels and interactions with other characters, they learn that there is treasure available, BUT it's not as easy to get as it seems. AND all sorts of people and pirates want it!

Jane Remmington (one of the sisters) is thinking that this treasure might save her from marrying a man she does not love and buy her some time to find the man she does love.

Alexandra Remmington does not care for the treasure, but she wants to keep her rebellious sister and cousin safe. However, the treasure would be good for her family's drowning finances.

Martha Remmington wants the treasure to help poor people.

Crazy Lou wants the treasure for himself and his crew.

And we can't forget about the three handsome boys! (like William Turner - don't worry he's not in my books)

Jacob Bernflick (Crazy Lou's first mate, but not for long...).

Tom Cutting (Crazy Lou and Jacob's enemy) - He's first mate of evil pirate, Captain Skullblade.

Gavin Williamson (another of Crazy Lou and Jacob's enemies. And he's enemies with Tom...) - He captains his own ship.

The story will have gypsy witches, sea monsters, mermaids, slaves, cannibals, pirates (obviously), English Navy sailors, Barbary cosair (whom are Muslim pirates), and...well, we'll see. ;)

And quite frankly, my inspirations are Indiana Jones and the Pirates of the Caribbean type of thing, along with many other inspirations. ;)

I would love to tell you about characters in more detail along with other things related to my pirate series, but this is what I will share for now. It's very complicated, because I tend to spit up ideas all over the board and then after organize them into when does this happen or does this fit in the story? Will it work? It's like a puzzle not put together. So I'm thinking all the books in the series will get done all at about the same time. What can I say? That's just how I write. ;)

God Bless!