Abigail Reynolds is the nationally bestselling author of Austenesque gaslamp fantasy, Regency variations on Pride & Prejudice, and modern novels set on Cape Cod.
We’re into our third week at Austen Variations, and we’ve been delighted to see so many of our readers participating in the discussion! We’ve tried some different experiments here, and there are some others we’re considering Writers sharing their works in progress and looking for feedback. Sharing bits of completed stories. Continuing the Reader’s Choice …
During my trip to England in 2012, I was stymied on several issues in the new book I was trying to write. Cassandra Grafton took a fellow writer and me to Fountains Abbey, where toured the spectacular ruins, then walked around the lake at the neighboring Studley Royal Water Gardens and talked plot. We …
We’re welcoming back Dave McKee today, hoping for some more of that inspired discussion of The Darcy Brothers that we saw last weekend. We get some great ideas from reader comments! – Abigail The pack of wild-eyed, slathering Janeites begin to circle this strange, unknown beast that has stumbled into their midst. Whatever is it? …
Reader perspectives are one of the new things we want to try out here on Austen Variations. Dave McKee has been a faithful follower of The Darcy Brothers since the beginning, and we’d all noticed his comments included inspired guesses about what was to come next. It turned out that wasn’t all – he’d been …
Pardon our construction dust! A week ago, this website was just an idea in the minds of three writers. We pictured a small experimental blog where we could talk with our readers about our writing and readers could get a look at our writing process. It was just going to be a few of us, in …
Welcome to Austen Variations! We’re a group of writers of Austen-inspired fiction who love to interact with readers about our stories and to share our experiences and love of Jane Austen. You’ll find plenty to read, including excerpts from our books and tales of our Austenesque adventures, and even some free stories you can download for …
Sometimes art, or at least my books, imitates something in my life. And sometimes my life imitates my books. That’s what I’ve been experiencing lately. In my recently released novella, The Darcys of Derbyshire, I wrote about the courtship of Darcy’s parents, including this discussion of things one feels impelled to do: “Lieutenant Darcy,” she …
I’m preoccupied with revisions on my next book, which comes out in late May. Much of the inspiration for Mr. Darcy’s Noble Connections came from my trip to England in September. Not only did I steal many of my settings from places I saw, but I also found plot inspiration in many of them. Usually …
Writing fiction is a continual learning experience. This month my muse has deluged me with ideas too good to ignore, so instead of my usual two works in progress, I have no less than four. I was going to give you an excerpt from the WIP that I’m trying to focus on, but then my …
Middlethorpe Hall at dusk I’m travelling through England as I write this, finding inspiration and learning lots of useful information for future books. I now know how to recognize coaching inns, market towns, moors, and much more; I understand better about parsons and parsonages and why Mr. Collins’ first duty was to collect tithes. I …
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