Here’s the fourth part of my modern P&P short story!
Mary Bennet in “Ramsgate”
Happy Wednesday, Janeites! I hope you are bearing the weather in your part of the globe. We are warming up here on the West Coast of the U.S., and are surviving record breaking heat. As I’m sitting in my air conditioned house sipping strawberry lemonade, I have been working on my WIP ‘Ramsgate’ (still …
Cover Prototypes for “Mr. Knightley in His Own Words”
Yay! I finally finished writing Mr. Knightley in His Own Words, my third Austen hero story, and now it’s time to think about the cover. How exciting! Cover design is one of my favorite parts of the process, bringing together my love of art and my love of books. And I thought it would be …
Ramsgate Excerpt & Help Me Choose My Title!
Happy Monday, Janeites! I do hope your July is starting out with a bang! To paraphrase Mansfield Park, ‘Life has been a succession of busy nothings’ for the last week, and it’s just what I needed to recharge my batteries! I have completed two more chapters on my upcoming novella, and it’s taking shape better …
2023 Austen Variations Summer Book Sale
The 2023 Semi-Annual Book Sale! It’s summertime and the living is easy! Time to buy your beach reading. Jane Austen Variations will help you out with this generous Book Sale! Enjoy novels by Jennifer Altman, Jack Caldwell, L.L. Diamond, Amy D’Orazio, Monica Fairview, Lucy Marin, Christina Morland, Anngela Schroeder, Joana Starnes, and Shannon Winslow! Sale …
Birth in Venice by Diana Birchall
Lady Catherine de Bourgh was used to being well served. Therefore when she was awakened by the unaccustomed spectacle of her bedchamber filled with sunshine from a sun already fairly high in the sky, she was startled. Why, it must be past nine o’clock. Where was her maid? No one had come to pull back …
A Matter of Prudence Cover Reveal & Excerpt
Happy Tuesday! Last month, I told you about, A Matter of Prudence, my soon-to-be released new novel. It has its official launch on 7 August (not quite six weeks away!), and features something new for me—an Elizabeth and Darcy who are attracted to each other right from the beginning. There might be one or two …
A P&P Modern Short Story, Part Three
Greetings, friends! Long, long ago (in March), I posted the first part of a modern P&P short story. I began the project as a way to get out of my writing rut. While I can’t say I’ve accomplished that particular feat, I have managed to write another installment of the story! If you’d like to …
Happy 10th Birthday, “Return to Longbourn”!
Return to Longbourn is 10 years old, and I want to celebrate with a short story, games, and prizes! I’ll never forget the fun I had writing this book, even though (or actually, especially because) it didn’t go at all the way I had planned. I set out to following up my first very successful …
A Look Back by Jennifer Altman
Hi, all! I hope your summer is off to a good start! Last month, I was here celebrating the second birthday of my second novel, Faults of Understanding. So today, I thought it would be nice to give my first book baby, To Conquer Pride, a share in the conversation. 🙂 It’s been a while …
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