Weekly installments of The Persuasion of Miss Jane Austen begin today, so you’re just in time! Have you ever wished Jane Austen had herself experienced the romance and happy ending she so carefully crafted for all of her wonderful heroines? She SO deserved it! That’s really why I wrote this novel. It’s dedicated to all …
Trust me on this: Fiction is not the same thing as Memoir… And, yet, if you ask the people who know me personally to tell you about my novels, they’ll say things like, “Well, when Marilyn wrote Friday Mornings at Nine, it was about our get-togethers over coffee” (my local friends) or “She incorporated a …
This month we’re looking at inspiration for our novels. But it’s hard to separate inspiration from motivation. It’s kind of a chicken-or-egg question as to which comes first. When I’m excited about an idea, that motivates me to write. And when the creative juices start flowing, the ideas come. I would never have made it …
Like most authors, inspiration comes to me anywhere, anytime, and from anything. Sometimes I’ll randomly think of a line and quickly jot it down, with the plans on using it someday. Sometimes a What If? kind of scenario enters my mind and the beginnings of what could be a book are formed. With my retellings, …
“I am beyond apologizing for my family,” Elizabeth sighed, as she and her husband entered their salon at the Palazzo Mocenigo and settled themselves on a richly tapestried sofa. The servants had been ordered to bring them a light meal, before they sought their beds, quite exhausted, for it was past midnight when they returned …
Where does our inspiration come from? Such an intriguing theme to start the New Year with! I loved the previous posts and I’m looking forward to the ones to follow. I hope you’ll enjoy them all and thanks for joining me today to chat about the things, big and small, that inspire me in my …
Today, I am releasing my latest Darcy and Elizabeth novella, The Bell. Here is a brief description: Mrs. Darlington, the current lessee of Netherfield Park, wants out of her lease, and rumor has it that Mr. Bingley, a handsome gentleman from the North, is interested in leasing a country estate near to London. In order …
Inspiration is a funny thing. Authors get inspiration from so many things from the mundane to the exotic. Sometimes it’s a random thought that pops into our heads, sometimes we might base a story on a vacation or a place on somewhere we’ve visited. But once we get that overall inspiration for a story, what …
In celebration of our Jane In January event, we have a special gift for all our readers! We’ve collected all the stories and scenes from our Very Austen Advent event into a free book for you to enjoy all year long. Just click on the cover below to go to the download page for the …
One activity for our Jane in January month on Austen Variations, will be to reflect upon what inspires us in our writing. “Nothing so easy, if we have but the inclination,” as Lizzy told Miss Bingley. For it’s easy to see that it is Jane Austen herself who principally inspires us. She does this in …
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