Mrs Darcy’s Diamonds Book Launch! Jane Odiwe

I’m very excited to announce the publication of Mrs Darcy’s Diamonds today, a new novella, part of my new Jane Austen Jewel Box series, which I started here on Austen Variations a while ago. A Jane Austen Jewel Box Novella. Elizabeth is newly married to Fitzwilliam Darcy, the richest man in Derbyshire, owner of a vast estate, …

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Persuasion 200 – Mrs. Clay’s Aspirations for the Future

Sir Walter Elliot, Miss Elliot, and Mrs. Clay have finally arrived in Bath, their new home, and sent the carriage horses back to Kellynch. They have found a lovely home in Camden Place… Mrs. Clay looked around her room in Camden Place with satisfaction. It was lofty and elegantly appointed…far, far more elegantly appointed than …

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Persuasion 200: Sir Walter Departs for Bath

Sir Walter and the ladies depart for Bath while Anne walks up to Kellynch Lodge to stay with Lady Russell. Sir Walter examined the horses he was so soon to give up, with complaisant satisfaction. Their last office would be to draw him, Miss Elliot, and Mrs. Clay, to Bath. “We will make a very good picture,” …

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Persuasion 200 – Anne Supervises Preparing Kellynch to Be Let

There are a thousand things to be done to prepare to leave Kellynch and all of them seem to fall upon Anne. Anne trudged up the steps, a heavy ledger tucked under her arm. Portraits, she was cataloging portraits today. Just one more in an unending stream of tasks Elizabeth saw fit to assign her. …

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Cover Reveal for Mrs Darcy’s Diamonds – Jane Odiwe

  I’m so excited to show you the cover of my new novella, Mrs Darcy’s Diamonds, that I first started on this website as Elizabeth Darcy’s Ring. It’s the first of a series inspired by jewellery – I’ve always really loved all kinds of jewellery from the very first piece I ever remember having as a …

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Outlander, Northanger, and the Eternal Search for the Perfect Hero… by Marilyn Brant

I’ll admit, I can be distracted fairly easily by a handsome face. (Not to mention thighs of steel. Or muscular, manly shoulders. Or hair I’d love to run my fingers through…) Although my husband rolls his eyes when I say this, I call this heightened state of distraction “Writing Inspiration & Research” or, alternately, “The …

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The Cajun Cheesehead Chornicles, by Jack Caldwell

Another preview from THE PLAINS OF CHALMETTE Hello, everyone—Jack Caldwell here. As you may have heard, I have BIG plans for 2015. White Soup Press will release FOUR novels, all in my epic CRESCENT CITY series. CRESCENT CITY is my Austen-inspired take on the history of America’s most unique city, New Orleans, and the people …

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Persuasion 200: “We Cannot Possibly Do Without Mrs. Clay” by Diana Birchall

  “Elizabeth,” said Lady Russell, “I wish to have some talk with you.” There was that in her voice, that informed even Elizabeth, who was by no means perceptive, that the talk would be unpleasant. “Oh!” said she, “surely you mean – I will send Anne. She is only scribbling and turning over some old …

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Jane Austen Regency Week in Hampshire: Looking Back and Looking Forward by Cassandra Grafton

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 …

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“The Persuasion of Miss Jane Austen” Debuts!

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 …

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