Maria Grace

I love Pride and Prejudice, Regency era history and dragons. Generally that's not considered a problem unless one tries to write it all at the same time. :)

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  1. At last! Mistaking Her Character by Maria Grace — 108 comments
  2. Pemberley: Mr. Darcy’s Dragon Ch 5 — 66 comments
  3. The 12 Days of a Jane Austen Christmas – To Forget — 58 comments
  4. 27 Corsets:On Writing a Jane Austen Rom Com~Guest Post from Katie Oliver — 56 comments
  5. Jane in January: Inspiration, pt 1 — 54 comments

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Site Updates Underway

Just a quick note to let you know that Austen Variations site is undergoing some updating and maintenance right now.  The site may look a bit wonky for a bit, but no to worry, it shouldn’t last for very long and none of the content you’ve come to know and love should be changing n …

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Lady Catherine’s Cat Part 5

And now the conclusion to August’s short story. Ginger encourages some thoughtful conversation. If you missed earlier parts, find them HERE Lady Catherine’s Cat, Part 5 Her insides roiled with his revelations. As much as her heart demanded she must, how could she deny his assertions? He declared himself to have been totally unsuspicious of her …

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Lady Catherine’s Cat Part 4

Continuing the August short story challenge. Getting Miss Elizabeth’s approbation was hard enough without Fitzwilliams “help.” If you missed earlier parts, find them HERE Lady Catherine’s Cat, Part 4 Ginger raced ahead of Darcy, breaking through a narrow opening in the hedgerow. Darcy started to follow, but paused at the sound of voices. “Your cousin’s …

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Lady Catherine’s Cat part 3

Continuing August’s short story challenge. A letter from Jane and a talk with Colonel Fitzwilliam. Which one is more vexing? If you missed earlier parts, find them HERE Lady Catherine’s Cat, Part 3 The woods in this part of Rosings were too thick for the early morning sun to penetrate deeply. Cool and dewy, they …

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How Jane Austen Kept her Cool Book Launch

Surely you saw this coming right? After a month devoted to ice cream, a book had to follow! Congratulations to Robin, winner of the ebook. The giveaway is now closed.   Now available on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited! …In the meantime, for elegance and ease and luxury, the Hattons and Milles’ dine here to-day, and …

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Lady Catherine’s Cat Part 2

Continuing August’s short story challenge. Perhaps Ginger does not approve of Lady Catherine’s choice for Darcy’s wife. Lady Catherine’s Cat, Part 2 Darcy paced across his spacious chamber once again. The room accommodated not only a large four poster bed and chest of drawers, but a writing desk, a table sufficient to seat three, and …

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Lady Catherine’s Cat Part 1

So I’m going to try something new here for a bit and see how it all works. I’m challenging myself to write a short story each month and at the end of the twelve months, I’ll put it all together into a book. To kick off this challenge, I looked to two fun ‘national days’ …

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How did Jane eat her Ice Cream?

Culinary mythology suggests that though Jane Austen enjoyed ice cream during her life, she would never have even conceived of an ice cream cone. We know Italo Marchiony was granted a patent for a multiple cone mold on in December 15, 1903 so ice cream cones were clearly around during the Victorian era. But just how …

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A Proper Introduction…to Dragons Launch

I’m thrilled to announce  that A Proper Introduction to Dragons, prequel to Pemberley: Mr. Darcy’s Dragon to now available on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited!  Find it HERE. To be honest, this book kind of took me by surprise.  I didn’t really set out to write it. There were just a few short stories in my …

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Now Available for Pre-Order!

Dragon lovers wait no longer! The prequel to Jane Austen’s Dragons is now up for preorder on Amazon!!

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