Finally it’s here: my short and sweet Pride and Prejudice comic variation!!! I’ve been wanting to release this novella for some time now. I started writing it before I began Dangerous Magic, but then I got side-tracked with the magic and put this one on the backburner. I’ve been working on it in-between writing Book …
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A Sneak Peek: Entangled, A Short Pride and Prejudice Variation
Hi everyone, I hope the summer is treating you well. Here in London we’ve had a heatwave lasting around ten days followed by torrential rain and flooding yesterday. At least the plums in our garden are ripe. We picked the first batch this afternoon. I wonder whether Elizabeth and Darcy liked plums? If they did, …
Mrs. Bennet, Lady Catherine and Lady Susan: Are Mothers Villains in Jane Austen?
In keeping with the Mothers in May theme of our blog this month, I’d like to start up a discussion about Mothers and Mentors in Jane Austen. A good friend of mine told me a few weeks ago that she didn’t like Jane Austen because all the mothers in her novels are bad in one …
Dangerous Magic Tour: Deleted Chapter
When he arrived at Rosings Park, Darcy sent a footman to fetch his cousin, then stepped went into the orangery where they could have some privacy. The glass building was his favorite place in Rosings. He and Anne had spent hours together practicing their spells there, and occasionally hiding from Lady Catherine after they had gotten into mischief.
Tale of A Bonnet: Darcy in Hyde Park
For this month, the theme at Austen Variations is Sonnets and Bonnets. I intended to write a poem, but that is easier said than done. I have a ghost of a poem written, but I think it will require more work before I can allow anyone to look at it. So this is a choice …
Dangerous Magic: Book Launch & Giveaway
It seems like I’ve been waiting forever for DANGEROUS MAGIC: A PRIDE AND PREJUDICE to come out. I wrote this novel last year, during lockdown, and I wanted to escape to a kingdom far, far away. What better place to escape to than Jane Austen’s England — don’t we all love to go there? — …
Excerpt from Dangerous Magic: Love-Hate Elizabeth meets Darcy
Hello everyone. I hope you’ve all recovered from the icy weather and the blackouts by now. It seems everything has been conspiring to make our lives more difficult in the past year. Let’s hope February will be a turning point and things will start looking up. The theme of the month on Austen Variations is …
Dangerous Magic: Prologue
Well, the wild winds and snow of Storm Darcy that had us in its thrall here in the UK are over, and we are back to our normal February weather. Much as I love Darcy, I am glad the storm is gone and the snow clouds have lifted. Like all angst, it’s okay if it …
Dangerous Magic: Cover Reveal
It’s snowing here in the South of England with blizzard-type conditions, so this would be a great time for Darcy and Elizabeth to be stuck indoors together in an isolated hut somewhere where they would have to sleep under the only blanket if they wanted to stay warm… In any case, our current storm is …
Looking Backward, Looking forward: News and Views
As you might have guessed, this is not a picture of the UK!!! I’ll explain below! Welcome again as part of our January 2021 Retrospective and Prospective. We talked about having this series this January because last year was such a rollercoaster of a year that it seemed a good idea to remind our readers …
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