Fundraiser report

JAFF readers are the best! The Team JAFF fundraiser for hurricane relief has been a big success. Generous readers donated $2253.20 for cameos and and for our Persuasion: Behind the Scenes e-book. I don’t have a figure for how much was raised by the thirteen authors who agreed to donate their royalties on certain books …

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WIP Chapter 8

Here is Chapter 8 for you, my 3rd chapter this month, and there will be one more next Friday, as I promised. I shall post 4 more  chapters in October on Fridays, along with some reveals as we lead towards the book launch (see below for my proposed schedule). I hope you are enjoying these …

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A Most Respectable Elopement, Part Six

Welcome back to the next chapter in our scandalous tale! Lydia Bennet, never one to let a chance slip past, has engineered a liaison with George Wickham safely away from prying eyes. Yet who is the hunter, and who the game? Click here for parts One, Two, Three, Four and Five.   Lydia opened her eyes …

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A Little Bit of Ivory Two Inches Wide – Part Two

An occasional series detailing the fictional misadventures of the Misses Austen, their dearest mother, their newfound Chawton friends and neighbours, a donkey called Gerald, and not forgetting the spirited Miss Harriet Brown and the haughty Mr Eckley. Chapter 2 Psst…Chapter One can be found here…https://austenvariations.com/a-little-bit-of-ivory-two-inches-wide/ Chawton Cottage, July 1809 These days, my sister Jane tries …

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Death & Life – a sequel to P&P and The Three Colonels, by Jack Caldwell

Greetings, everybody! Jack Caldwell here. As you may know, my second published novel, THE THREE COLONELS: Jane Austen’s Fighting Men—a grand sequel to two of Jane Austen’s works: Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility—was originally published on-line. What you may not know is I also wrote a vignette about the characters in that story …

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WIP Chapter 7

I promised you I would post 4 times this month, so here is the 2nd September installment. In this variation, Elizabeth and Mr. Bingley meet first, and he begins to show favour to her, as Jane is up at the Lake District with her aunt and uncle.  I will be posting again this Friday. So without …

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September’s Interview with a Janeite, with Special Guest Glynis and Host Kara Louise!

A big welcome this month to a devoted Jane Austen enthusiast, Glynis! Glynis was kind enough to share her thoughts with us this month, and I think you will enjoy what she has to say about everyone’s favorite man in the cravat. Her special hostess this month is Kara Louise, who will tell you about …

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A Most Respectable Elopement, Part Five

Welcome back for another week of our little tale! Lydia has stepped out for a breath of fresh air at her last ball in Brighton, and she is hoping that a certain gentleman might appear to escort her to keep her safe. A lady cannot be too careful, for one never knows what sorts of …

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Double Release Celebration: Coming Home & Second Chances!!

This is a double release week for me — and what makes it twice as fun is that both projects are modern, Austen-inspired stories!! My contribution to RWA’s second anthology, SECOND CHANCES (Sept. 12th release – more on that further down the page), is out right now, as is the final book in my Mirabelle Harbor …

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An Unexpected Duke: My latest Regency novel

Hello everybody. I’m very busy writing a new Darcy and Elizabeth novel — it’s an adventure story — and I’m having lots of fun with it, but since I haven’t posted for ages, I wanted to give you a wave and tell you what else I’ve been doing. I’m part of the Regency Romantics group …

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