Welcome to the very first vignette in our new Austen Variations group project, Pride & Prejudice: The Untold Stories. You can find an explanation of this project here. For now, cast yourself back in time to this date 212 years ago! Mr. Bingley views Netherfield Park for the first time September 18, 1811 Mr. Anderson …
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Happy Birthday to Anne Elliot!
Happy 236th birthday to Anne! Usually we’re in the dark about when our beloved Jane Austen characters were born, but Persuasion’s Anne Elliot is the exception. Usually even the year of their birth is uncertain, but thanks to Sir Walter’s narcissistic love of seeing his own listing in the Baronetage, we know Anne was born …
Sale on Mr. Darcy’s Noble Connections
Along with my best holiday wishes, I’ve got a special bargain for you this week – my national bestseller Mr. Darcy’s Noble Connections is on sale for 99 cents! It’s available at online booksellers internationally, including Amazon, Kobo, Barnes & Noble, iBooks, and more. It’s a personal favorite of mine, with a particularly swoon-worthy Darcy, …
Interview with Nikki Payne, author of Pride and Protest
Today we have a special feature – an interview with Nikki Payne, whose book Pride and Protest is now available for pre-order! I’m so excited about this diverse retelling from a long-time member of the JAFF community. Actually it’s two interviews – a written one with questions from our authors and an amazing video interview …
Alone with Mr. Darcy on sale!
I’ve got a bargain for you today – my national bestseller Alone with Mr. Darcy is on sale for 99 cents! It’s available at online booksellers internationally, including Kobo, Barnes & Noble, iBooks, Amazon, and more. Here’s the blurb: Alone with Mr. Darcy…. Elizabeth Bennet can’t imagine anything worse than being stranded by a blizzard …
A little more magic – Pride & Prejudice style
Yes, my new magical Pride & Prejudice variation is still coming! I’ve finally got the ending in hand, and hopefully I’ll have a finished manuscript soon. It’s taken longer than I would have liked, so I’m excited to finally be getting there. Anyway, here’s another excerpt from it. This follows shortly after the previous excerpts …
Raffle Winners!
We did it! We managed to raise over $10,000 for humanitarian relief in Ukraine!! I’m so incredibly proud of our JAFF community. We had some very generous donations for our raffle, ranging from $5 to $400. Winners were chosen using a random number generator. This prize list doesn’t include the bonuses for donations of $100+, …
JAFF Loves Ukraine update
Wow! Our Austenesque community is so amazing!!! Between 35 authors and hundreds of readers, we’ve already raised over $7000 $8000 $9000 for humanitarian aid to Ukraine on our original fundraiser post! Give yourselves a big hand! But the need is far too great to rest on our laurels, so our authors have pulled out even …
JAFF Loves Ukraine Fundraiser
New: There’s a new post with updates! Like most of the world, we’ve been feeling heart-heavy over the tragedy in Ukraine, even more so as Elizabeth Adams, one of our authors, lived in Ukraine and is married to a Ukrainian. We want to do what we can to help out, so we’re turning to you, …
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