Allow Me to Tell You: Release Day + Giveaway!

It’s release day!! Well, it was meant to be release day on April 20th, but Amazon gave me a little surprise by publishing early!  😀 To celebrate, I’ll be gifting TWO e-book copies to TWO LUCKY WINNERS! Just leave a message below letting me what you enjoy most about Darcy and Elizabeth’s interactions in Rosings. …

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Spring Short Story, Part Two

Greetings! Today I’m posting the second part of a short story I started in March. As I mentioned in the last post, I began this story as a way to accomplish two goals: 1.) I wanted to give myself a fun writing challenge (especially because I’m struggling with writing these days!); and 2.) I hoped …

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Allow Me to Tell You: Cover Reveal + Giveaway

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I’ve been waiting impatiently for my new full-length novel Allow Me to Tell You to be ready for release, and we’re finally there. I’m just waiting for final edits from my Beta readers to arrive, and then I’m be ready to press publish. 😀 Here’s the description for Allow Me to Tell You When Fitzwilliam …

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A Folly of Youth Cover Reveal

A Folly of Youth is coming soon and I have a beautiful cover to show you! First–here’s an excerpt I hope you’ll enjoy. You can preorder A Folly of Youth by clicking HERE! Leave me a comment below and you might just win a copy before you could purchase it! Small homes and likely even …

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Making Her Mark: When Ink was Made at Home, pt 1

In Austen’s day, pen and ink were separate entities, both of which needed to be available in order for writing to be possible.

The Cajun Cheesehead Interviews Amy D’Orazio

The Cajun Cheesehead Interviews Amy D’Orazio Greetings, everyone. Jack Caldwell here. As you may know, we’re doing a round-robin interview series here at Austen Variations. The lovely Lucy Marin was kind enough to do a video interview of yours truly; it can be found HERE. (It’s my fault it’s so long. You can’t keep a …

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A Rose by Any Other Name, Revisited.

  Good morning, dear readers!  I hope you enjoy revisiting one of my favorite posts from a few years ago. I have updated the game at the end and can’t wait to see your new comments below. Happy Thursday!     To love and appreciate something, you really have to understand it; understand the layers, …

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Lydia in Venice Part Two: Rebirth and Regeneration

There was a silence following Lydia’s announcement. She looked around questioningly, from her sister and Mr. Darcy, to Lady Catherine de Bourgh, all of whom sat as if frozen. “Why, what is the matter? You act as if I said something queer. I only said that Lord Byron is my child’s father,” she protested. Elizabeth …

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The start of spring…the start of a new short story!

Happy spring! As I write this, we’re digging out from the most snow we’ve gotten all winter, so I’m all about this “rebirth and rejuvenation” theme! (Note: I originally wrote this post in early March. The end of March has actually been quite lovely here…except today it’s snowing again!) Because I had no idea what …

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Lydia in Venice: Rebirth and Regeneration

  Mrs. Darcy looked concerned as she seated herself at the breakfast table and sought her husband’s eyes with her own. “Mercy, what a night,” she murmured. “I am past apologizing for my sister.” He put his hand over hers. “My only concern is that you should feel discomfited, my love. Please do not, on …

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