I am pleased to launch my latest Jane Austen re-imagining on Austen Variations. Another Place in Time is a time-travel novel featuring our beloved Fitzwilliam Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet. As everyone knows, their love story gets off to a rocky start, even more so in my novel. Darcy needs help, but from whom? That’s where …
A Work in Progress: Pride, Prejudice and the Perfect Bet
Hello, Austen Friends ~ It’s wonderful to see you here. WELCOME!! Hope you’re enjoying the Grand Opening Week Celebration as much as we are 😛 . Today I get to share a little of my work in progress — a story that will eventually be the sequel to Pride, Prejudice and the Perfect Match. In the …
Austen Variations is Here!
Pardon our construction dust! A week ago, this website was just an idea in the minds of three writers. We pictured a small experimental blog where we could talk with our readers about our writing and readers could get a look at our writing process. It was just going to be a few of us, in …
About Austen Variations
Welcome to Austen Variations! We’re a group of writers of Austen-inspired fiction who love to interact with readers about our stories and to share our experiences and love of Jane Austen. You’ll find plenty to read, including excerpts from our books and tales of our Austenesque adventures, and even some free stories you can download for …
A locket and a Promise
Just a short piece from ‘Bits of Bobbin Lace’. What do you think, should I flesh it out into something more? What do you think the main romantic complications would be? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Send Charlotte, she is by far the properest person to go. Yes, yes, she has not a wife’s grief. Of course, send sensible, …
The Darcy Brothers Special #1 by Monica Fairview
A Very Merry Christmas from us all at Austen Authors!!! I’m delighted to bring you a special episode of the Darcy Brothers, set during the brothers’ childhood. I hope it gives you a glimpse of how life was at Pemberley before — well, let’s just say in happier times. And don’t forget to …
Writing, Kittens and Other Miracles
Sometimes art, or at least my books, imitates something in my life. And sometimes my life imitates my books. That’s what I’ve been experiencing lately. In my recently released novella, The Darcys of Derbyshire, I wrote about the courtship of Darcy’s parents, including this discussion of things one feels impelled to do: “Lieutenant Darcy,” she …
Theo Has a Chocolate Factory?
Theo Chocolate by Susan Mason-Milks I’m thrilled to be one of the Austen Authors working on The Darcy Brothers, and I confess I am just a bit in love with Theo, the character we created as Darcy’s brother. Shortly after we began the project, I was driving past our little neighborhood grocery store and …
The Regency Interpreter on Pride and Prejudice, part 2
The Regency Interpreter, part 2 A few years ago, my husband and I were able to attend a performance of Japanese Kabuki theater company. The performance was in Japanese, so the entire audience had headsets that allowed an interpreter in translate the performance for us. His little tidbits added so much to the performance and …
Inspiration for Mr. Darcy’s Noble Connections
I’m preoccupied with revisions on my next book, which comes out in late May. Much of the inspiration for Mr. Darcy’s Noble Connections came from my trip to England in September. Not only did I steal many of my settings from places I saw, but I also found plot inspiration in many of them. Usually …
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