Since I am a writer, language captivates me, especially in the way it relates to a culture. With three teen aged sons living at home I get to hear a lot of the slang they encounter. I never cease to be fascinated by the terms that come up, and how often I haven’t a clue …
EC-One of the things that I love so much about Pride and Prejudice is the truth of the characters. Jane Austen did not portray characters that were perfect. They were flawed, just like I am flawed. Everyone knows who the people around them are in relationship to the novel. Here are a two examples from …
I am utterly gobsmacked to announce that ‘All the Appearance of Goodness’ was nominated for a RONE award! This caught me by complete surprise and I’m just tickled. Reader voting starts this week March 24-March 30. Here’s the voting link: Click here. Voting does require you register with the site. But you can also vote …
Fireworks and a few home truths from Mr Darcy this week! What will Lady Catherine have to say in her defence?!! I hope you enjoy this week’s episode – any feedback gratefully received. If you’d like to catch up, here are parts One, Two and Three. Despite his earlier considerations on the subject of his aunt’s …
Apparently the question of who would write the Reader’s Perspective this week was about to degenerate into virtual fisticuffs, but Evie and Dave resolved it by deciding to write it together. A dangerous precedent to allow them to work together – now they’re hatching all sorts of schemes! – Abigail DM- My first reaction to …
“It was great! I’m so glad I went!” That was my reaction to my first Jane Austen convention – the Jane Austen Society of North America’s Annual General Meeting, held in Minneapolis last September. It’s now almost six months past, and I’m still living in the afterglow. So I thought I’d share some of my experiences, and perhaps it will inspire you to reserve your …
A Peculiar Engagement When I first posted this story here, it was being written to be the ‘book in a book’ in my novel, Mr. Darcy’s Rival. In that book, Anne de Bourgh is an author who has published 2 novels. This one chronicled her life being engaged since birth to her cousin, Fitzwilliam Darcy. …
This week we’ve taken a couple of days to celebrate Pride & Prejudice: The Scenes Jane Austen Never Wrote, an anthology many of us participated in, by sharing a few of our favorite scenes from it. It started a couple of years ago with a project called P&P200 where we took turns writing missing scenes …
November 26, 1811 Insupportable. Really, there was no other word for it. Caroline Bingley had done her level best to point out to her brother how unnecessary and ridiculous it would be to have such an event in their home —and for what? to appease some silly Bennet girls?—but it was futile. Charles, the fool, …
23 September 1812 Bingley had entered the morning room to find Darcy dressed for a journey, which had brought a surprise to his friend’s countenance. “Darcy, it appears you plan to leave Netherfield today?” “I do, Bingley.” He had spent a restless night anguishing over what he would say to his most loyal friend. “Why …
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