Today I am excited to announce the release of my novel, A Peculiar Engagement! And there is a giveaway! Many of you may recall about a year and a half ago I began posting chapters of it as I was writing Mr. Darcy’s Rival. It was the ‘book in a book’ that Miss Anne de Bourgh had …
Now, here we are at the assembly rooms. Keep up, keep together, we have a lot to learn and see. Luckily, I am to hand you over to an excellent guide, a Miss J. Austen, resident of Bath for some years now, a lady who is very fond of dancing. Miss Austen, my sincere …
It’s been seven years — to the day! — since According to Jane was published. It came out on ebook on September 21, 2009 one week in advance of its paperback release from Kensington Books, and I remember those days very well… I couldn’t have been more delighted, overwhelmed, scared, and enthused all at once. 😀 At …
Anne held the guidebook of Bath in her hand, but after reading the same paragraph for the third time, she closed it. Her thoughts were elsewhere—Molland’s to be exact. She was still attempting to understand what had happened at the confectioner’s shop a day earlier. She had just finished a cup of tea and a …
“They determined on walking round Beechen Cliff, that noble hill whose beautiful verdure and hanging coppice render it so striking an object from almost every opening in Bath.” – Northanger Abbey On a trip to Bath a couple of summers ago, I was fortunate to visit an old “friend in Jane,” another …
One of the most recognizable architectural sites in Bath is The Royal Crescent. It is not one building but a series of townhouses united behind a graceful, curved facade designed by John Wood the Elder and John Wood the Younger in the later half of the 18th century. …
In Persuasion, Anne visits Bath with her family. One of the most popular sites was Molland’s, a confectionery store, where she would have enjoyed a cup of hot tea and a sweet. Sweets included dried fruits, gingerbread, cakes, sugared almonds, and jellied fruits. Anne was sent back, however, in a moment by the entrance of …
‘I think I may boast myself to be, with all possible vanity, the most unlearned and uninformed female who ever dared to be an authoress’ – Jane Austen What a big day for me. How fitting it is that I am writing my first blog post and joining Austen Variations on the same day my first-born goes back …
This month’s theme is Jane Austen locations, particularly Bath, which immediately brought this story to mind. My husband works for Boeing and he occasionally travels with his job, jetting off to exotic vacation destinations like Glasgow Montana, Roswell New Mexico, and Fairbanks Alaska in the dead of winter. Needless to say, I’ve never felt the desire …
In case you’ve missed all the preliminary chatter, I’ll let you in on the worst-kept secret around. Ta-da! The authors of Austen Variations proudly present a new collaboration titled Pride and Prejudice – Behind the Scenes. Here’s the official book blurb: What did Mr. Darcy think when he first saw Elizabeth Bennet? How did Miss Bingley …
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