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- 2003 - 2012 (Creation)
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1 box
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Biographical history
Victoria McManus is a resident of Philadelphia, PA. She writes both fiction and nonfiction, under the names Victoria Janssen and Elspeth Potter, and includes both novels and short stories. Her first novel was the alternate-world fantasy The Duchess, Her Maid, The Groom and Their Lover (2008), which has been translated into French, German, and Russian. Her next novel, The Moonlight Mistress (2009), features the early days of World War One and werewolves; it has been translated into Italian and has an electronic-only sequel available, “Under Her Uniform.” McManus' third novel The Duke and the Pirate Queen (2010), is a sort-of sequel to The Duchess, Her Maid, The Groom and Their Lover, focusing on different characters. In 2021-2022, under the name of Victoria Janssen, she released A Place of Refuge, a new science fiction queer romance space opera consisting of three books: Finding Refuge, Accepting Refuge, and Embracing Refuge.
Her first published short story was "Water Music" (2000), which appeared in Best Lesbian Erotica 2001 from Cleis Press, and she has since written a number of other stories that have been anthologized in various erotica collections. Her nonfiction mostly appears at the blogs Heroes and Heartbreakers (romance) and The Criminal Element (mystery, suspense, and thrillers). She also reviews anonymously for Publishers Weekly.
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1-2/1: The Moonlight Mistress (2009), typescript submitted draft, pages 1- 148, undated
1-2/2: The Moonlight Mistress (2009), typescript submitted draft, pages 149 - 298, undated
1-2/3: The Moonlight Mistress (2009), typescript submitted draft, pages 299 - 401, undated
1-2/4: The Moonlight Mistress (2009), typescript with handwritten edits and reviewer comments, pages 162 - 280, undated
1-2/5: The Moonlight Mistress (2009), typescript with handwritten edits and reviewer comments, pages 281 - 432, undated
1-2/6: Notebook, with notes on "Other Skins", The Duke and the Pirate Queen (2010), other notes, 2008 - 2010
1-2/7: The Duke and the Pirate Queen (2010), partial typescript with handwritten editorial comments, July 2009
1-2/8: The Duke and the Pirate Queen (2010), typescript with handwritten edits, January 2010
1-2/9: The Duke and the Pirate Queen (2010), typescript with handwritten edits, April 2020
1-2/10: The Duke and the Pirate Queen (2010), typescript, pages 1 - 168, 2010?
1-2/11: The Duke and the Pirate Queen (2010), typescript, pages 169 - 372, 2010?
1-2/12: The Duke and the Pirate Queen (2010), editorial comments from reviewers, 2009 - 2010
1-2/13: The Duke and the Pirate Queen (2010), partial typescript with handwritten edits and reviewer comments, undated
1-2/14: The Duke and the Pirate Queen (2010), partial typescript with handwritten edits and reviewer comments [reviewer 'Judith Berman'], undated
1-2/15: "Vanilla" (2011), typescript [2 copies], and acceptance for publication letter, November 2010
1-2/16: "Appointment Tee Vee" (2012), typescript, undated
1-2/17: "Under Her Uniform" (2012), typescript, 2012
1-2/18: Exposures (unpublished WWI novel, later titled 1919), notebook, 2003
1-2/19: Exposures (unpublished WWI novel, later titled 1919), typescript pages, 2003, undated
1-2/20: Exposures (unpublished WWI novel, later titled 1919), typescript with handwritten edits and reviewer comments, pages 1 - 112, 2003
1-2/21: Exposures (unpublished WWI novel, later titled 1919), typescript with handwritten edits, pages 113 - 221, 2003
1-2/22: Exposures (unpublished WWI novel, later titled 1919), typescript with handwritten edits, pages 222 - 353, 2003
1-2/23: Exposures (unpublished WWI novel, later titled 1919), typescript with handwritten edits, February 2004
1-2/24: Exposures (unpublished WWI novel, later titled 1919), typescript of additional scene with handwritten edits, February 2004
1-2/25: Exposures (unpublished WWI novel, later titled 1919), typescript pages with handwritten edits, May 2004
1-2/26: Exposures (unpublished WWI novel, later titled 1919), typescript, pages 1 - 100, May 2004
1-2/27: Exposures (unpublished WWI novel, later titled 1919), typescript, pages 101 - 212, May 2004
1-2/28: Exposures (unpublished WWI novel, later titled 1919), typescript, pages 213 - 347, May 2004
1-2/29: Exposures (unpublished WWI novel, later titled 1919), typescript, pages 348 - 418, May 2004
1-2/30: Exposures (unpublished WWI novel, later titled 1919), typescript with handwritten edits, undated
1-2/31: Exposures (unpublished WWI novel, later titled 1919), typescript with handwritten edits, undated
1-2/32: Exposures (unpublished WWI novel, later titled 1919), typescript with handwritten reviewer comments, undated
1-2/33: Exposures (unpublished WWI novel, later titled 1919), typescript with handwritten reviewer comments [reviewer 'Judith'], undated