Vasa and Ypres started as a challenge. A challenge to write a novel. A challenge to publish a fictional serial on a blog before it became an ebook, and then a paperback book. Most of all, it was a challenge to make a world of British humour come alive.
For that, I found inspiration in the comic genius of P.G. Wodehouse. The basis was simple. Jeeves and Wooster would become Vasa and Ypres. Chaps would become girls. Aunts would become uncles. The 20th century would make way to the 21rst. The rest, made up as I went along, became Vasa and Ypres: A Mayfair Conundrum.
Vasa and Ypres’s is a world where all complexities and worries are pushed aside. The major problems of our time do not appear. As the forever stylish Vanessa E. Vasa says in the final chapter of A Mayfair Conundrum, “I don’t deal with world hunger do I? I deal with conundrums. Preferably Mayfair conundrums.” This fictional world is a form of escapism.
Vasa and Ypres is a work of fiction. It is satire, and, hopefully, it is fun. Follow Vasa and Ypres as they engage in new and excitingly British adventures from Mayfair to Manhattan.
Chapters are published on Sundays.
J. B. Chisholm
The Author
Contact: vasa.ypres@gmail.com
If you are interested in publishing part of the Vasa and Ypres series electronically or in print, please use the contact information above. The Vasa and Ypres series is actively looking for a print publisher and literary agent. Please note that all rights are reserved.
Dear Author (aka J.B. Chisholm):
This Vasanista is suffering from covert fatigue. (Or, is the appropriate word covid?) Levity must prevail!
Do tell, if Amtrak trippers cleared the Canadian border without incident.
With utmost adjuration,
Winnifred
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Any chance of a trilogy?
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Perhaps if Vasanistas everywhere join forces to demand it.
J. B.
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I have it: the paperback version of Park Avenue or Bust!
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Congratulations! I hope you enjoy it. If not, it’s the perfect size to prop up uneven furniture.
J. B.
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I love Jeeves and Wooster and this is a fun adaptation / departure from that! Keep up the fun!
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Thank you!
J.B.
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Hi
Just to let you know I have given you a shout out here
Have a good week
Trina
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Thank you! Best, J.B.
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Most welcome 🙂
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What an amazing idea! I love Jeeves and Wooster, I can’t wait to read through and see how you’ve updated it 🙂
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Thanks! Let me know what you think 🙂
J. B.
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Thanks for liking my post about taking Honest Hearts wide – after making it better.
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Thank you for dropping by and reading my stuff. Following you now 😉
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Thank you!
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Hi
Thank you so much for finding my blog and liking a post. Hope you come back again soon
Trina
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YAY! about add this onto my reading list. Also thank you for stopping by my blog. It means a lot that you would take time out of your day to do so.
Have a fantastic day!
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You are welcome. Thank you for adding Vasa and Ypres to your reading list!
J.B.
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This is wonderful!
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Thank you!
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“Most of all, it was a challenge to make a world of British humour come alive.” I really enjoy your hilarious Britishness! Congratulation!
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Thank you! Happy to oblige 🙂
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thank you for the “like” on my post (“The Odyssey”). I read P.G. Wodehouse’s stories years ago, and although I’ve forgotten the details, I remember enjoying the humor. Best of luck in writing your own books.
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Thank you!
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Thanks for your like to my recent book review. As my site is new it is great when I see well established bloggers interested in my content.
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You’re most welcome. Best of luck with the new site!
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You’re right about the laughter. I’m looking forward to reading more.
Thank you for taking the time to visit http://www.rivenrod.com. Much appreciated.
I’m looking forward to our next encounter, until then, may I boldly ask you to take a look at my latest novel, Swell. You will find reviews and previews here: http://wp.me/PXk9K-259
RR
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Sure! Thanks for your comment.
J. B.
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Greetings great writers and best of everything to you! I would absolutely love, love to see all of ‘this’ on stage in the theatre, the lovely theatre! I shall follow you as I did enjoy very much what I have read so far. A word of thanks as well for visiting lotus4me.blog and liking my most recent post, “What’s For Breakfast?”
I do hope you’ll return in the near future and do comment some feedback for me, that would be 😊 Looking forward to more reading and writing!
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Thank you for your kind comment!
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