As many of you know, earlier this summer I was lucky enough to be in England for the Jane Austen Regency Week in Hampshire, where I also enjoyed the company of fellow Austen Variations’ authors, Abigail Reynolds, Jane Odiwe and Monica Fairview. This annual event takes place on the third week in June, and this …
Drum roll, please! I’m thrilled to announce that at long last my new novel, The Persuasion of Miss Jane Austen, is finally finished, officially launched out into the world, and immediately available! It’s by far the most complex book I’ve written so far – weaving back and forth in time and between two interconnected stories. It …
Jane Austen’s work often makes references to the accomplishments necessaryfor a young woman, most memorably in the dialogue between Darcy and Caroline Bingley. Although modern audiences may find the exchange somewhat humorous, a proper education was crucial to a middle or upper class young lady’s future. Since a woman’s only ‘proper’ aspiration was to marriage, her …
I’m happy and excited to announce that my new novel, JANE AUSTEN’S FIRST LOVE from Berkley Trade, is on sale today everywhere that books are sold—at your local bookstore, in Trade Paperback on Amazon, for Kindle, and at Barnes and Noble.com! Hurray! (*Tosses confetti!*) Please read on for an excerpt and a little history about the book! I hope you’ll …
As a lowly lieutenant Benwick is ambitious, keen to make some money and gain promotion in order for to marry his sweetheart, Fanny Harville. While at sea, Benwick learns of Fanny’s death. ‘Oh, shall we really be married at last?’ ‘My darling Fanny, we will, I promise. Just a few more adventures at sea, and we shall have …
I’ve Been Everywhere, Man Crossed the deserts bare, man, I’ve breathed the mountain air, man, Of travel I’ve had my share, man, I’ve been everywhere!” The above is Johnny’s Cash’s ode to travel. In May and June, I think my husband and I gave Johnny a run for his money when we traveled from Arizona to New York …
Now that the lease has been signed and the Crofts are to take possession of Kellynch, plans are being made for the Elliots to decamp for Bath. But what of Anne? On most Sundays, with the Elliot pew comfortably sitting only four, that is, Sir Walter, Elizabeth, Mary Musgrove, and Lady Russell, Anne found herself …
Today’s post is by reader Evie Cotton, whom many of you know through her Reader’s Perspective posts or as the maker of Pride & Prejudice themed soaps. Today she tells us about her new project with her P&P soaps. Welcome back, Evie! News flash: Evie has added a special pledge level for Austen Variations readers. …
Launch day has arrived! It’s a little hard to believe it has finally come. So much real life has happened in the course of getting this one ready to publish it is a little difficult to believe it’s finally done! Remember the Past is available on Amazon Kindle, Nook and KOBO today. Paperback will be …
With Anne deliberately absent from the manor house, Admiral and Mrs. Croft had toured Kellynch Hall with Mr. Shepherd, the leasing agent, and Sir Walter. Afterwards, the Crofts discuss their reaction. For a man who made his living by waging war, Mrs. Croft counted her blessings in that her husband possessed a most amiable disposition. During his …
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